republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-73.md

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Bill	Telephone Services; class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to telephone service, so as to provide for class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for actions and damages against persons and entities on whose behalf such provisions were violated; to provide for and prohibit certain defenses in such actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 73	Georgia SB 73 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore David Lucas Derek Mallow Donzella James Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Elena Parent Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Greg Dolezal Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte Jason Esteves John Albers John F. Kennedy Josh McLaurin Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan Mike Hodges Nabilah Islam Parkes Nan Orrock Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sally Harrell Shawn Still Shelly Echols Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch Tonya Anderson Valencia Seay	10	23	5	2023-02-01	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/aef35262-49b9-4e01-96ec-8a7a40a3289f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	68b1ee9592146f48f66bfd2030e7849a83f95c275b93fcc4ffc31be508c22550	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 73 (2023_24) — Telephone Services; class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to telephone service, so as to provide for class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for actions and damages against persons and entities on whose behalf such provisions were violated; to provide for and prohibit certain defenses in such actions; 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 5425 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. CCS #2 to SB 73 LC 36 5894S (committee substitute) — source
4. CCS to SB 73 LC 55 0291S (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee sub LC 36 5452S (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 1 AM 36 0909 (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor amend 1 LC 54 0032 (committee substitute) — source
8. LC 36 5592S/hss (committee substitute) — source
9. LC 49 1462S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
10. SB 73/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #284 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 162–7 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #394 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #804 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–4 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #818 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–3 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #50 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Nabilah Islam Parkes — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2024-03-07 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-03-11 Senate Insisted
• 2024-03-13 House Insisted
• 2024-03-14 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 19th, 31st, 52nd
• 2024-03-18 House Conference Committee Appointed 18th, 121st, 4th
• 2024-03-26 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2024-03-26 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 605 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aef35262-49b9-4e01-96ec-8a7a40a3289f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).