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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Waiver of Immunity for Motor Vehicle Claims; definition to clarify sheriff, deputy sheriff, other agent, servant, or employee of sheriff's office; include"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-92-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding waiver of immunity for motor vehicle claims, so as to revise a definition to clarify that a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other agent, servant, or employee of a sheriff's office shall be included in such waiver for purposes of the waiver of sovereign immunity for local government motor vehicle claims; to clarify and conform such waiver of sovereign immunity in response to Davis v. Morrison, 344 Ga. App. 527 (2018); 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: "SB 29"
+citation: "Georgia SB 29 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Donzella James", "Elena Parent", "Gloria Butler", "Harold Jones II", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Sheikh Rahman", "Tonya Anderson"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-17"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df543b65-a934-48b3-8755-3d31374ed753"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e675227766c23f3c62ed721fa743e3ad08896e1cc50ea7e40b69a7ac796a8a8e"
+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 29 (2019_20) — Waiver of Immunity for Motor Vehicle Claims; definition to clarify sheriff, deputy sheriff, other agent, servant, or employee of sheriff's office; include
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-92-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding waiver of immunity for motor vehicle claims, so as to revise a definition to clarify that a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other agent, servant, or employee of a sheriff's office shall be included in such waiver for purposes of the waiver of sovereign immunity for local government motor vehicle claims; to clarify and conform such waiver of sovereign immunity in response to Davis v. Morrison, 344 Ga. App. 527 (2018); 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. **As Introduced LC 41 1661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179660.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183808.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 48 0095S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183001.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183709.pdf)
+5. **Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183745.pdf)
+6. **SB 29/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186242.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donzella James — primary (person)
+- Elena Parent — primary (person)
+- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
+- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
+- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
+- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
+- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-17** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 254 `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/df543b65-a934-48b3-8755-3d31374ed753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+