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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Property; prohibit retaliation by a landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant generally, so as to prohibit retaliation by a landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions; to provide for circumstances that are not considered retaliation; to provide for remedies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 346"
+citation: "Georgia HB 346 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Houston Gaines", "Jan Jones", "Sharon Cooper"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-15"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10b7dc2b-2462-4daa-a7a1-ad0a397dc1da"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8f3669a6e8f947543f0b58c510a81077ff6ad1030eaa50b13b29d58d5dd21ea8"
+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 HB 346 (2019_20) — Property; prohibit retaliation by a landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant generally, so as to prohibit retaliation by a landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions; to provide for circumstances that are not considered retaliation; to provide for remedies; 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.
+
+1. **HB 346/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187010.pdf)
+2. **LC 41 1918S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183922.pdf)
+3. **LC 41 1918S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183517.pdf)
+4. **LC 46 0032/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181736.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186630.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 1998S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186237.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186015.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **131–25** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-15** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Tabled
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-08** Act 311 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10b7dc2b-2462-4daa-a7a1-ad0a397dc1da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+