---
type: "Bill"
title: "Torts; governing authority of school that enters into recreational joint-use agreement with public or private entity; limit liability"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for torts, so as to limit liability for a governing authority of a school that enters into a recreational joint-use agreement with a public or private entity; to provide for definitions; to provide for specifications for a recreational joint-use agreement; to provide for applicability; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 382"
citation: "Georgia HB 382 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earl Ehrhart", "Edward Lindsey", "Jay Powell", "Mike Dudgeon", "Sam Teasley", "Stephen Allison"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3d942ea-30d4-448a-b3d2-329f3465d2bf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7f0054605367ffc7b756d652579429491216eb25e64f363916c7ca8476536b33"
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 382 (2013_14) — Torts; governing authority of school that enters into recreational joint-use agreement with public or private entity; limit liability

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for torts, so as to limit liability for a governing authority of a school that enters into a recreational joint-use agreement with a public or private entity; to provide for definitions; to provide for specifications for a recreational joint-use agreement; to provide for applicability; to provide an effective date; 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 382/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136932.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5497/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131259.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5587S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132937.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5608S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133705.pdf)
5. **LC 29 5608S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133498.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 5685S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135828.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
- Stephen Allison — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-19** House Hopper
- **2013-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 276 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3d942ea-30d4-448a-b3d2-329f3465d2bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).