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type: "Bill"
title: "\"Inform Consumers Act\" enact"
description: "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 for certain disclosures by third-party high-volume sellers of consumer products on online marketplaces; to provide for definitions; to require online marketplaces to provide certain notifications and a consumer reporting mechanism; to provide for civil remedies; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 332"
citation: "Georgia SB 332 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Elena Parent", "Gloria Butler", "Harold Jones II", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2023-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ff5e303-311c-4ac8-b5c1-e82fb65d5f63"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8694c5f32e1e3454f5860a612c16d58a8ee807eee0adb0ab7e71d72a165716b6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 332 (2021_22) — "Inform Consumers Act" enact
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 for certain disclosures by third-party high-volume sellers of consumer products on online marketplaces; to provide for definitions; to require online marketplaces to provide certain notifications and a consumer reporting mechanism; to provide for civil remedies; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 Introduced LC 36 4947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203241.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204442.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 36 5001S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203798.pdf)
4. **LC 44 2090S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209895.pdf)
5. **SB 332/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211265.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-10** Senate Hopper
- **2022-01-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Act 820 `executive-signature`
- **2023-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ff5e303-311c-4ac8-b5c1-e82fb65d5f63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).