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Panel advances bill to centralize 'doing business as' filings; effective date moved to 2027
Agriculture & Consumer Affairs · February 18, 2026
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Summary
Representative Franklin presented a bill to make county 'doing business as' filings searchable in the Georgia Superior Court Clerk’s Corporate Authority database; the subcommittee amended multiple lines to set the effective date to Jan. 1, 2027, and passed the bill as amended.
Representative Franklin told the subcommittee HB 158 would let trademarks, trade names and doing-business-as records—now filed per county—be consolidated into the Georgia Superior Court Clerk’s Corporate Authority database so they can be searched in…
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