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GA SB 416

died on adjournment

"Stop Online Booking Scams Act"; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 416 pass?

No. GA SB 416 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-27): Senate Read and Referred

What is GA SB 416 about?

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 prohibit third-party hotel booking websites from misrepresenting their affiliations with hotels; to designate such misrepresentation as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 416?

Sonya Halpern, Jason Anavitarte, Drew Echols and 4 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 416.

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 prohibit third-party hotel booking websites from misrepresenting their affiliations with hotels; to designate such misrepresentation as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-01-16
Latest action
2026-01-27 — Senate Read and Referred
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sonya Halpernprimary
  • Jason Anavitarteprimary
  • Drew Echolsprimary
  • Harold Jones IIprimary
  • Freddie Powell Simsprimary
  • Kim Jacksonprimary
  • Elena Parentprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-16

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-27

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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