"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
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 19, 2025
Signed May 14, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Mar 31, 2025
How they voted
50–2
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 55
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic22
95% Yea
R
Republican33
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Act 300
upper
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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