Georgia House Bill 1206

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-26 - House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the O.C.G.A., relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions that are deemed unlawful, so as to provide that failure of a business or entity to provide or offer to provide a written copy of any form which a consumer or client executes via electronic signature is declared to be unlawful as an unfair or deceptive practice; to amend Article 8 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes involving identity fraud, so as to revise a definition; to provide that any person engaged in any business which involves the collection of consumer or client signatures via an electronic signature pad or similar mechanism shall have a duty to maintain such signature in a manner that is secure against unauthorized disclosure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Commerce and trade; form executed via electronic signature; provisions

Rep. Eddie Lumsden [R]	Rep. John Carson [R]	Rep. Joseph Gullett [R]	Rep. Stan Gunter [R]
Rep. Mitchell Scoggins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-26	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2024-02-12	House	House Second Readers
2024-02-09	House	House First Readers
2024-02-08	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/66832
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/223394
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/225498