republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-69.md

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Bill	"Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 7 and Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to banking and finance, and depositions and discovery under the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," respectively, so as to regulate third-party litigation financing practices in this state; to provide a short title; 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	2025_26	SB 69	Georgia SB 69 (2025_26)	bill	BANKING AND FINANCE CIVIL PRACTICE	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch	6	17	4	2025-01-30	2026-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/05d303bf-8e13-4156-b218-353705490f0f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a8e35f3640ae3098df3fc246edacf1c3598f6a2ecaa0c08eefd6123767f94c80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 69 (2025_26) — "Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 7 and Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to banking and finance, and depositions and discovery under the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," respectively, so as to regulate third-party litigation financing practices in this state; to provide a short title; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 49 2160-EC (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 2385S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 2394S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 69/AP* (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0263 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #323 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 98–69 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #104 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #336 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #360 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 120–42 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — 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)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2025-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-21 Act 10 executive-signature
• 2026-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05d303bf-8e13-4156-b218-353705490f0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).