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"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; any person from facilitating noncompete agreements between residential rental property owners or managers, including by use of algorithmic coordinating functions; prohibit
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Georgia's SB 559 would add Code section 10-1-393.22 to the Fair Business Practices Act of 1975. It would make it an unlawful, unfair and deceptive trade practice to knowingly or with reckless disregard facilitate an agreement among residential rental property owners or managers not to compete, including by operating or licensing software or an algorithmic device that performs a defined 'coordinating function.' The bill was read and referred in the Senate on February 25, 2026 and died when the session ended; it never became law.
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What it means for business
None: the bill did not pass. Had it been enacted, landlords and property managers, and vendors of rent-recommendation software, would have been barred from the practices described above.
Key provisions
- Would define a 'coordinating function' as collecting rent, supply or lease-date data from two or more unaffiliated owners or managers, analyzing it computationally, and recommending rents or lease terms
- Would make it an unlawful trade practice to knowingly or recklessly facilitate a non-compete agreement among rental owners or managers, including via such software (10-1-393.22(b))
- Would make it an unlawful agreement for an owner or manager to knowingly or recklessly set rents, renewal terms or occupancy levels based on recommendations from such software (subsection (c))
- Would exempt products used to set rent or income limits under government affordable-housing programs
- The text sets an effective date of July 1, 2026 for contracts entered into or effective on or after that date, but the bill did not pass
- Last action: Senate Read and Referred on February 25, 2026; dead
Latest legislative action
Feb 25, 2026. Senate Read and Referred; died when the Georgia General Assembly's 2025-2026 session ended April 2, 2026
Sponsors (showing 5 of 56)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ben Watson R | Primary |
| Bill Cowsert R | Primary |
| Billy Hickman R | Primary |
| Blake Tillery R | Primary |
| Bo Hatchett R | Primary |
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