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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975\"; regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; provide"
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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, the \"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,\" so as to provide for regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; to provide for disclosures to prospective residents and acknowledgments of receipt; to provide for charging and collection of fees; to require verification of licensing of assisted living communities and personal care homes by referral agencies; to provide for definitions; 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 439"
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citation: "Georgia SB 439 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COMMERCE AND TRADE", "HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Drew Echols", "Max Burns", "Russ Goodman", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-29"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ae0766e-5c9b-4ff6-bda7-cb01f888cac0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cf862640fefba08b9a3ad32df96f1ea3ad4c7e521a2f9c41f62f2768857e4a0a"
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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 439 (2025_26) — "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; provide
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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, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide for regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; to provide for disclosures to prospective residents and acknowledgments of receipt; to provide for charging and collection of fees; to require verification of licensing of assisted living communities and personal care homes by referral agencies; to provide for definitions; 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/20252026/245286.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 44 3301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240904.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 44 3482S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243599.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245041.pdf)
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5. **SB 439/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246806.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #652 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #727 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-29** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 510 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/9ae0766e-5c9b-4ff6-bda7-cb01f888cac0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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