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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices; protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, so as provide for protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales or lease transactions by affiliates of franchisors, manufacturers, and distributors; to amend Code Section 40-2-39 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration and licensing of new motor vehicle dealers, temporary site permits, administrative fines, and penalty, so as to provide for activities which qualify as activity as a new motor vehicle dealer; 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 81"
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citation: "Georgia SB 81 (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: ["Carden Summers", "Ed Harbison", "Harold Jones II", "John F. Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass"]
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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: "2025-02-03"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19d7466b-e834-401b-8d84-357384510524"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8af9560a8a3f3022a0035fc4a930b4389906103230aaa782fde7688d7c8f6bfb"
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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 81 (2025_26) — Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices; protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, so as provide for protection of consumer data in motor vehicle sales or lease transactions by affiliates of franchisors, manufacturers, and distributors; to amend Code Section 40-2-39 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration and licensing of new motor vehicle dealers, temporary site permits, administrative fines, and penalty, so as to provide for activities which qualify as activity as a new motor vehicle dealer; 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/20252026/232696.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 39 4551** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231025.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 55 0490S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232180.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amend 1 AM 33 2089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232587.pdf)
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5. **SB 81/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236165.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #274 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–5** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #60 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13** 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 282 `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/19d7466b-e834-401b-8d84-357384510524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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