---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety; provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 liability claims; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to COVID-19 pandemic business safety, so as to revise provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 liability claims by repealing certain warning requirements; 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: "SB 430"
citation: "Georgia SB 430 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "John F. Kennedy", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/375e1233-818a-49fe-888a-0083ab2844b3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d26a1b6d1d149680c5993c71b3bfcc8709500f733986901d0253bbcc95a3caf6"
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 430 (2023_24) — COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety; provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 liability claims; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to COVID-19 pandemic business safety, so as to revise provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 liability claims by repealing certain warning requirements; 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 49 1501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222387.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224151.pdf)
3. **SB 430/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227373.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #502 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #693 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **146–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 422 `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/375e1233-818a-49fe-888a-0083ab2844b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).