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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Tort Claims; venue of actions; provisions; change"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state tort claims, so as to change provisions relating to the venue of actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "SB 126"
+citation: "Georgia SB 126 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "David Shafer", "Ellis Black", "Greg Kirk", "Hunter Hill", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Lee Anderson", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "William Ligon, Jr."]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-07"
+last_action: "2017-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26ef45f2-0f1f-451d-a8c3-128c7872e93b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5067024107ff29612e2ca39651120d1c24ede54600d85a109da9804619b33d3d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 126 (2017_18) — State Tort Claims; venue of actions; provisions; change
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state tort claims, so as to change provisions relating to the venue of actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- David Shafer — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
+- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- John Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
+- Michael Williams — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-07** Senate Hopper
+- **2017-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2017-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-09** Act 238 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26ef45f2-0f1f-451d-a8c3-128c7872e93b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+