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| Bill | Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions unlawful and examples, so as to provide increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; to provide for certain contractual requirements; to provide for notice language; to amend Code Section 33-6-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, so as to prohibit the assignment of benefits in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 201 | Georgia SB 201 (2025_26) |
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Georgia SB 201 (2025_26) — Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions unlawful and examples, so as to provide increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; to provide for certain contractual requirements; to provide for notice language; to amend Code Section 33-6-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, so as to prohibit the assignment of benefits in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- As introduced LC 46 1107 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee sub LC 46 1185S (committee substitute) — source
- LC 46 1228S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB 201/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House Vote #368 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–1 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #157 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #447 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Drew Echols — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-19 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2025-02-20 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2025-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-03 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2025-03-04 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2025-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2025-03-06 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-03-10 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-31 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2025-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2025-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-05-08 Act 71
executive-signature - 2025-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e99dcbff-dcd7-402e-b658-7201ab024241. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).