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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commerce and Trade; transfer powers and responsibilities of Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs to Attorney General's office"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, so as to transfer the powers and responsibilities of the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs to the Attorney General's office; to amend Titles 2, 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 36, 43, and 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, crimes and offenses, debtors and creditors, health, insurance, law enforcement officers and agencies, local government, professions and businesses, and public utilities and public transportation, respectively, so as to conform to such transfer, correct cross-references, and remove obsolete provisions; 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: "SB 148"
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citation: "Georgia SB 148 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "John Kennedy", "Mike Dugan", "P. K. Martin IV", "William Jackson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-20"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7482087-9abf-425f-a405-e516cccfb873"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7af1a3faffbd98df59a0fa7aefbfa25e3cff6234a21fc48bb30e562d56c1cadc"
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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 SB 148 (2015_16) — Commerce and Trade; transfer powers and responsibilities of Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs to Attorney General's office
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, so as to transfer the powers and responsibilities of the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs to the Attorney General's office; to amend Titles 2, 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 36, 43, and 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, crimes and offenses, debtors and creditors, health, insurance, law enforcement officers and agencies, local government, professions and businesses, and public utilities and public transportation, respectively, so as to conform to such transfer, correct cross-references, and remove obsolete provisions; 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. **As introduced LC 40 0801-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148791.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150830.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 40 0855ER-ECS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150157.pdf)
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4. **SB 148/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152987.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **48–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-20** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 187 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/f7482087-9abf-425f-a405-e516cccfb873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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