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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to deceptive or unfair trade practices, so as to enact the \"Georgia Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act\"; 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: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 528"
citation: "Georgia HB 528 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "James Burchett", "Leesa Hagan", "Marcus Wiedower", "Steven Sainz", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2024-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6018d042-44be-4e9e-8cc5-27caf4944080"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7d4a7151e39ac6703b0aa47035555613f56eb77969657c5078c73110f125304f"
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 HB 528 (2023_24) — Georgia Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to deceptive or unfair trade practices, so as to enact the "Georgia Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act"; 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. **HB 528/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220432.pdf)
2. **LC 54 0213/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215376.pdf)
3. **LC 54 0228S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217166.pdf)
4. **LC 54 0228S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216491.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 55 0070S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218163.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #188 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #379 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #375 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- James Burchett — primary (person)
- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 336 `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6018d042-44be-4e9e-8cc5-27caf4944080`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).