Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB945: Banking and finance; holds on accounts of eligible adults for suspected financial exploitation; provide
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
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.
Sponsors
- Mike Hodges (R, 3) · primary sponsor
- Hugh Williamson (R) · primary sponsor
- Al Williams (D, 168)
- Johnny Chastain (R, 7)
Latest actions
- : Effective Date
- : Act 478
- : House Date Signed by Governor
- : House Sent to Governor
- : Senate Passed/Adopted
- : Senate Third Read
- : Senate Read Second Time
- : Senate Committee Favorably Reported
- : Senate Read and Referred