republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-81.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices; protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, so as provide for protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales or lease transactions by affiliates of franchisors, manufacturers, and distributors; to amend Code Section 40-2-39 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration and licensing of new motor vehicle dealers, temporary site permits, administrative fines, and penalty, so as to provide for activities which qualify as activity as a new motor vehicle dealer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 81	Georgia SB 81 (2025_26)	bill	COMMERCE AND TRADE	enacted	Carden Summers Ed Harbison Harold Jones II John F. Kennedy Larry Walker, III Matt Brass	5	15	2	2025-02-03	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/19d7466b-e834-401b-8d84-357384510524	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8af9560a8a3f3022a0035fc4a930b4389906103230aaa782fde7688d7c8f6bfb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 81 (2025_26) — Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices; protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, so as provide for protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales or lease transactions by affiliates of franchisors, manufacturers, and distributors; to amend Code Section 40-2-39 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration and licensing of new motor vehicle dealers, temporary site permits, administrative fines, and penalty, so as to provide for activities which qualify as activity as a new motor vehicle dealer; 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 39 4551 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 55 0490S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 AM 33 2089 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 81/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #274 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–5 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #60 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-03 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-02-19 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 282 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19d7466b-e834-401b-8d84-357384510524. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).