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HB488 • 2025

Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act; enact

Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act; enact

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Sponsor
Westbrook, Anne Allen
Last action
2025-02-20
Official status
House Second Readers
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The source confirms the bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, but no effective date is listed yet.

Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act

This law stops limited services pregnancy centers in Georgia from using false or misleading ads about the products and services they provide.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits limited services pregnancy centers from engaging in false or misleading advertising about their products or services.
  • Provides definitions for terms used in the new rules.
  • Sets up procedures to enforce the law, including notice requirements.
  • Establishes penalties for breaking these advertising rules.
  • Allows people harmed by this fraud to file legal cases.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Limited services pregnancy centers in Georgia
  • People seeking information about products or services at these centers

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact date this law takes effect is not shown in the source material.
  • Specific penalty amounts are mentioned as being provided but are not listed in the summary text.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-20 Georgia General Assembly

    House Second Readers

Official Summary Text

Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act; enact