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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 213"
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citation: "Georgia SB 213 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COMMERCE AND TRADE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Carden Summers", "Ed Harbison", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Max Burns", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/304e7bad-69ba-4d8d-9cca-c973b0834757"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6ce1673add51e93a5516a875e7794f073e49976c2817f86fc817de2565227f87"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235623.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 60 0080** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232999.pdf)
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3. **Floor Amend 1 AM 60 0005** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235344.pdf)
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4. **SB 213/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238558.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #373 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **155–7** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #200 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 300 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/304e7bad-69ba-4d8d-9cca-c973b0834757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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