republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-439.md

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Bill	"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide for regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; to provide for disclosures to prospective residents and acknowledgments of receipt; to provide for charging and collection of fees; to require verification of licensing of assisted living communities and personal care homes by referral agencies; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 439	Georgia SB 439 (2025_26)	bill	COMMERCE AND TRADE HEALTH	enacted	Drew Echols Max Burns Russ Goodman Shawn Still	5	15	2	2026-01-29	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9ae0766e-5c9b-4ff6-bda7-cb01f888cac0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cf862640fefba08b9a3ad32df96f1ea3ad4c7e521a2f9c41f62f2768857e4a0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 439 (2025_26) — "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide for regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; to provide for disclosures to prospective residents and acknowledgments of receipt; to provide for charging and collection of fees; to require verification of licensing of assisted living communities and personal care homes by referral agencies; to provide for definitions; 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 44 3301 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 44 3482S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0248 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 439/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #652 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #727 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 510 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ae0766e-5c9b-4ff6-bda7-cb01f888cac0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).