---
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).