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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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BANKING AND FINANCE
COMMERCE AND TRADE
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Demetrius Douglas
Jason Ridley
Noel Williams, Jr.
Scott Hilton
Trey Rhodes
Will Wade
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.

  1. HB 240/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 52 0713/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #378 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 511 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #121 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1650 (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).