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type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Businesses; administrative and civil sanctions against charitable organizations, paid solicitors, and solicitor agents for certain violations; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to change certain provisions relating to administrative and civil sanctions against charitable organizations, paid solicitors, and solicitor agents for certain violations; to provide for suspension and revocation of registrations; 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: "SB 412"
citation: "Georgia SB 412 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Carden Summers", "Ed Harbison", "John F. Kennedy", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7ca5b63-aead-47c5-b799-39639412c735"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8d992ebc038697084f444fab6e3ca36833060ee0d4e5222e70139de8c19e7e99"
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 412 (2023_24) — Professions and Businesses; administrative and civil sanctions against charitable organizations, paid solicitors, and solicitor agents for certain violations; change provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to change certain provisions relating to administrative and civil sanctions against charitable organizations, paid solicitors, and solicitor agents for certain violations; to provide for suspension and revocation of registrations; 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 5652** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222165.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223977.pdf)
3. **SB 412/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228197.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #494 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #724 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-26** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 612 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7ca5b63-aead-47c5-b799-39639412c735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).