republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-74.md

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Bill	Commerce and Trade, Courts, and Torts; the disclosure of the nature and practices of businesses that provide legal services; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 10, 15, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, courts, and torts, respectively, so as to require the disclosure of the nature and practices of businesses that provide legal services; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to prohibit misrepresentations in advertising; to conform a cross-reference; to provide for violations; to prohibit false advertising related to legal services; to prohibit persons ineligible to provide legal services from holding themselves out as attorneys; to provide liability for the misrepresentation of the practice of law; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 74	Georgia SB 74 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Frank Ginn John F. Kennedy Marty Harbin Matt Brass Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	9	16	6	2023-02-01	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d8cd1077-f19d-430f-b471-2b6d922101fd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9bf0507203c6a5e8ae6b53cb255c748d5a3bbe6d0fae0e793362d54799c9353e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 74 (2023_24) — Commerce and Trade, Courts, and Torts; the disclosure of the nature and practices of businesses that provide legal services; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 10, 15, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, courts, and torts, respectively, so as to require the disclosure of the nature and practices of businesses that provide legal services; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to prohibit misrepresentations in advertising; to conform a cross-reference; to provide for violations; to prohibit false advertising related to legal services; to prohibit persons ineligible to provide legal services from holding themselves out as attorneys; to provide liability for the misrepresentation of the practice of law; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 36 5422 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 44 2325S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1 AM 36 0959 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 36 5594S/hss (committee substitute) — source
8. SB 74/AP* (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 1B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #322 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 34–20 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #324 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 11–45 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #134 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #288 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 158–5 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #323 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 15–40 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #325 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 44–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-02-01 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Act 77 executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8cd1077-f19d-430f-b471-2b6d922101fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).