---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and tenant; termination of a rental or lease agreement under circumstances involving family violence; provide"
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 general provisions concerning landlord and tenant, so as to provide for the termination of a rental or lease agreement for residential real estate under circumstances involving family violence; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice and terms of termination; to provide for applicability; 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: "HB 834"
citation: "Georgia HB 834 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Beskin", "John Corbett", "Katie Dempsey", "Mandi Ballinger", "Scott Hilton", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b8f04ac-12bd-4ce4-8460-9a2172097465"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1898e3621dcce838e8ec1446ad445faf1f5cb1012391b6b85284fd758f494475"
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 834 (2017_18) — Landlord and tenant; termination of a rental or lease agreement under circumstances involving family violence; provide

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 general provisions concerning landlord and tenant, so as to provide for the termination of a rental or lease agreement for residential real estate under circumstances involving family violence; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice and terms of termination; to provide for applicability; 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 — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** House Hopper
- **2018-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 482 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b8f04ac-12bd-4ce4-8460-9a2172097465`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).