Banking and finance; holds on accounts of eligible adults for suspected financial exploitation; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to banking and finance, so as to provide for holds on accounts of eligible adults for suspected financial exploitation; to provide for procedures for placing and lifting such holds; to no longer require independent credit reports to be obtained from a consumer reporting agency as defined in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; to provide for procedures for cease and desist orders for unregistered persons providing litigation finance; to provide for judicial hearings to review department decisions regarding litigation finance; to provide for registrant disclosures; to provide for definitions; to make conforming changes; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Jan 12, 2026
Signed May 11, 2026
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The bill's status was updated from a committee substitute to the version passed by both the House and Senate, indicating it has completed its legislative journey. The document's title page and page headers were standardized to reflect this final status, while the core text regarding litigation finance regulations remained unchanged.
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Updated the bill title from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed House and Senate' and adjusted page headers to reflect the final legislative version.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2026 · House Feb 6, 2026
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 48
Mar 10, 2026
D
Democratic19
94% Yea
R
Republican29
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Act 478
upper
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bruce Williamson
RRepublican
P
Johnny Chastain
RRepublican
P
Noel Williams
RRepublican
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