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| Bill | Mortgage lenders and brokers; prohibit unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions related to mortgage trigger leads | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 and Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act and licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, respectively, so as to prohibit unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions related to mortgage trigger leads; to provide for definitions; to provide for a remedy; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | HB 240 | Georgia HB 240 (2025_26) |
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2 | 17 | 2 | 2025-02-04 | 2025-05-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/9f8c83dc-1601-4477-849b-7ff072fbc021 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | f610b0f3baab9d7c7d0ed39aff8001725bbae0fa13cc5ee628e1cbf4bde1f7a8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 240 (2025_26) — Mortgage lenders and brokers; prohibit unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions related to mortgage trigger leads
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 and Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act and licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, respectively, so as to prohibit unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions related to mortgage trigger leads; to provide for definitions; to provide for a remedy; 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.
Votes
- Senate Vote #378 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–1 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #121 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-04 House Hopper
introduction - 2025-02-05 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-02-06 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2025-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-02-28 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2025-03-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-18 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2025-03-31 Senate Tabled
- 2025-03-31 Senate Taken from Table
- 2025-03-31 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-05-13 Act 177
executive-signature - 2025-05-13 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f8c83dc-1601-4477-849b-7ff072fbc021. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).