# Georgia SB 213: "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

Georgia SB 213, "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, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John Albers (Republican), Max Burns (Republican), Bill Cowsert (Republican) and 8 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 213
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: "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
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-19
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: John Albers (Republican), Max Burns (Republican), Bill Cowsert (Republican), Greg Dolezal (Republican), Frank Ginn (Republican), Steve Gooch (Republican), Ed Harbison (Democrat), Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Michael 'Doc' Rhett (Democrat), Randy Robertson (Republican), Carden Summers (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Regulated Industries, Regulated Industries and Utilities, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (208 yes, 8 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Student cheating services banned; private lawsuits barred: mixed, low. Georgia bans commercially supplying nearly finished assignments, exams, or parts of them for grades, credentials, or professional licenses. This covers students in public, private, and home schools, state universities, and technical colleges, plus Georgia professional-license examinees. Tutoring, r…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Albers (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Max Burns (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Bill Cowsert (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Greg Dolezal (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Frank Ginn (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Steve Gooch (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ed Harbison (Democrat), Senate
- Sponsor: Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Michael 'Doc' Rhett (Democrat), Senate
- Sponsor: Randy Robertson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Carden Summers (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Charles Martin (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 155 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | PASSAGE AS AMENDED | pass | 53 | 1 | 2 |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-14: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-14: Act 300
- 2025-04-07: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-31: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-20: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-03-11: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-10: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Tabled (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 213/AP* (v8): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238558)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [SB 213/AP* (v8) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238558)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB213-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).