republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-363.md

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Bill	"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,"; class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings; provide	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 class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings or employment or labor related posters or notices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 363	Georgia SB 363 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Burt Jones Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Clint Dixon Elena Parent Frank Ginn Gail Davenport Greg Dolezal Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Michelle Au Mike Dugan Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sonya Halpern	4	15	1	2022-01-24	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/aaf8fc8e-9083-415b-894d-34753a940436	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1f90e5b3315aab9580a9bb0012be6ced2cbfe5d4a2cb030fc7d8ef8a920d262a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 363 (2021_22) — "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,"; class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings; provide

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 class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings or employment or labor related posters or notices; 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.

1. As introduced LC 36 5029 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 51 0089S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 363/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michelle Au — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-01-24 Senate Hopper
• 2022-01-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-02-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-30 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-30 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-02 Act 791 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aaf8fc8e-9083-415b-894d-34753a940436. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).