---
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).