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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unsolicited merchandise; solicitors to receive from consumers affirmative assent to continued receipt of certain merchandise following a free trial before charging; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unsolicited merchandise, so as to require solicitors to receive from consumers affirmative assent to continued receipt of certain merchandise following a free trial before charging; to provide for remedies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 697"
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citation: "Georgia HB 697 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "David Knight", "Jon Burns", "Michael Caldwell", "Rick Jasperse", "Tom Kirby"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-31"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a691064e-e412-4c4f-b7be-3261c6c23f27"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2868db50f90d84dbefb7c2f1390c99b0c11349eb81b459d4c31f6d4edb82487a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 697 (2015_16) — Unsolicited merchandise; solicitors to receive from consumers affirmative assent to continued receipt of certain merchandise following a free trial before charging; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unsolicited merchandise, so as to require solicitors to receive from consumers affirmative assent to continued receipt of certain merchandise following a free trial before charging; to provide for remedies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment AM 40 0152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156863.pdf)
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2. **HB 697/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161645.pdf)
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3. **HB 697/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156913.pdf)
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4. **LC 40 0854/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153338.pdf)
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5. **LC 40 1043S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155881.pdf)
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6. **SCSFA to HB 697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159658.pdf)
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7. **Sen Floor AM 1 AM 40 0159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159638.pdf)
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8. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 1122S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158712.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Tom Kirby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-31** House Hopper
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- **2015-04-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-01-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 434 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a691064e-e412-4c4f-b7be-3261c6c23f27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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