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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Torts; abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; create a cause of action"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and abusive litigation, so as to create a cause of action for abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; to provide factors for evaluating a claim of abusive website access litigation; to provide for a rebuttable presumption when corrective action is taken after receiving notice of an alleged website access violation; to provide for damages; to authorize the Attorney General to intervene and seek certain relief and to make investigative demands for evidence in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1470"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1470 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL PRACTICE", "EVIDENCE", "TORTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Chuck Efstration", "Mary Oliver", "Trey Kelley", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-26"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5454f969-babe-4b90-8b0d-b8d2b521f367"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "133014ddd4b4312a39d1f2ced858f4b51e07d20c6878f325d8a40c0dff28acce"
+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 1470 (2025_26) — Torts; abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; create a cause of action
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and abusive litigation, so as to create a cause of action for abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; to provide factors for evaluating a claim of abusive website access litigation; to provide for a rebuttable presumption when corrective action is taken after receiving notice of an alleged website access violation; to provide for damages; to authorize the Attorney General to intervene and seek certain relief and to make investigative demands for evidence in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; 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 1470/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249040.pdf)
+2. **LC 63 0114/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244362.pdf)
+3. **LC 63 0140S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245505.pdf)
+4. **LC 63 0140S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244980.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–10** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #978 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #681 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **144–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-31** Senate Tabled
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 458 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5454f969-babe-4b90-8b0d-b8d2b521f367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+