---
type: "Bill"
title: "Torts; mental health care providers; limit liability under certain circumstances"
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 relative to torts, so as to limit liability for mental health care providers under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to limit liability for punitive damages; to provide for applicability; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Georgia HB 1409 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Burns", "Mark Newton", "Rob Leverett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6989a90f-3a4d-496d-ad7d-979d1c837b0c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c534d648dedbfd87241d536e37681a6e38fa2087f3b797f8eb1f761e4bf3e343"
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 1409 (2023_24) — Torts; mental health care providers; limit liability under certain circumstances

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 relative to torts, so as to limit liability for mental health care providers under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to limit liability for punitive damages; to provide for applicability; to provide for legislative findings; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 33 2088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229469.pdf)
2. **HB 1409/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229556.pdf)
3. **LC 33 9686/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225563.pdf)
4. **LC 33 9691ERS/RCS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226131.pdf)
5. **LC 33 9691ERS/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225959.pdf)
6. **SCSFA to HB 1409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229355.pdf)
7. **Sen Ctee sub LC 33 9718S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227834.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 2078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229354.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #607 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #853 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **31–23** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #895 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–2** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #869 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #854 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **40–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 568 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6989a90f-3a4d-496d-ad7d-979d1c837b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).