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| Bill | "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; ban | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to ban commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 213 | Georgia SB 213 (2025_26) |
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4 | 17 | 2 | 2025-02-19 | 2025-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/304e7bad-69ba-4d8d-9cca-c973b0834757 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 6ce1673add51e93a5516a875e7794f073e49976c2817f86fc817de2565227f87 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 213 (2025_26) — "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; ban
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to ban commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; 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.
- As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- As introduced LC 60 0080 (committee substitute) — source
- Floor Amend 1 AM 60 0005 (committee substitute) — source
- SB 213/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House Vote #373 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 155–7 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #200 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-19 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2025-02-20 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2025-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-03 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2025-03-06 Senate Tabled
- 2025-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
- 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
passage - 2025-03-10 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-03-11 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-31 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-05-14 Act 300
executive-signature - 2025-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/304e7bad-69ba-4d8d-9cca-c973b0834757. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).