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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; solicitations of services for corporate filings required by the Secretary of State; provide for requirements"
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description: "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, relating to the \"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,\" so as to provide for requirements for solicitations of services for corporate filings required by the Secretary of State; to provide for a definition; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 153"
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citation: "Georgia HB 153 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower", "Matt Barton", "Micah Gravley", "Victor Anderson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-27"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a285c9-845c-4677-8bbb-9630629e2e45"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "539d96ccf73b0ec9347314667f82e4af9f89613b871c324e6c213a858f54d293"
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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 153 (2021_22) — Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; solicitations of services for corporate filings required by the Secretary of State; provide for requirements
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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, relating to the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide for requirements for solicitations of services for corporate filings required by the Secretary of State; to provide for a definition; 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. **HB 153/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202444.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4509/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196052.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 4788S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200347.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Matt Barton — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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- Victor Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-27** House Hopper
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- **2021-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 231 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/16a285c9-845c-4677-8bbb-9630629e2e45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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