republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-284.md

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Bill	"Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,"; issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008," so as to authorize the issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return to investors, customers, or clients sums paid in connection with securities purchases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 284	Georgia SB 284 (2025_26)	bill	COMMERCE AND TRADE	enacted	Brian Strickland Carden Summers Clint Dixon Harold Jones II John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Matt Brass Sonya Halpern	4	21	3	2025-02-26	2026-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/f5df82ca-6a50-4535-914d-09813a2695ad	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c5879617bac280720762ad3f92fc8bce627665ef6ad4eadbc126e5872c36c25c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 284 (2025_26) — "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,"; issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008," so as to authorize the issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return to investors, customers, or clients sums paid in connection with securities purchases; to provide for related matters; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 55 0536 (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 4222S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 284/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #838 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #735 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 155–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #212 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-26 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2025-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
• 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-22 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-04-22 Act 377 executive-signature
• 2026-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5df82ca-6a50-4535-914d-09813a2695ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).