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| Bill | Commerce and trade; commercial recordings, musical performances, and audiovisual works; provide protections | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide protections for commercial recordings, musical performances, and audiovisual works; to prohibit the deceptive practice of musical performance groups advertising and appearing as the recording group without the recording group's permission or denoting that it is a salute or tribute performance; to provide for definitions; to specify violations; to require certain websites or online services to properly identify third-party commercial recordings or audiovisual works; to provide for definitions; to provide for civil and criminal penalties and causes of action; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 508 | Georgia HB 508 (2021_22) |
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Georgia HB 508 (2021_22) — Commerce and trade; commercial recordings, musical performances, and audiovisual works; provide protections
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide protections for commercial recordings, musical performances, and audiovisual works; to prohibit the deceptive practice of musical performance groups advertising and appearing as the recording group without the recording group's permission or denoting that it is a salute or tribute performance; to provide for definitions; to specify violations; to require certain websites or online services to properly identify third-party commercial recordings or audiovisual works; to provide for definitions; to provide for civil and criminal penalties and causes of action; to provide for a short title; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 164–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Beth Moore — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-17 House Hopper
- 2021-02-18 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-22 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2022-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-03 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-03-03 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-03-04 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-21 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-04-01 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-04-01 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-02 Act 744
executive-signature - 2022-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6a91a30-07c6-415f-bb6e-0f8bbd90e682. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).