republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-820.md

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Bill	Condominium associations; standing to participate in litigation under certain circumstances; clarify provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-3-106 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers and responsibilities of condominium associations and tort actions, so as to clarify provisions relating to the standing of the association to participate in litigation under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 820	Georgia HB 820 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Dustin Hightower Jay Powell Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. Stacey Evans Trey Kelley	4	17	1	2014-01-23	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c17d933c-30b0-411b-88bd-e9968a4f0041	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0bcb25cc2d9ba1ee24ec6b143ebef0d7a9f8cf266c234e9c9248f3ca50d93ae1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 820 (2013_14) — Condominium associations; standing to participate in litigation under certain circumstances; clarify provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-3-106 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers and responsibilities of condominium associations and tort actions, so as to clarify provisions relating to the standing of the association to participate in litigation under certain circumstances; 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 820/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5790/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5864S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5864S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-23 House Hopper
• 2014-01-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-17 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-20 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 514 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c17d933c-30b0-411b-88bd-e9968a4f0041. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).