republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-513.md

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Bill	Pleadings and motions; procedure for claims asserted against a person or entity arising from an act which could be construed as an act in furtherance of the right of free speech or right to petition government for redress of grievances; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pleadings and motions, so as to revise provisions regarding the procedure for claims asserted against a person or entity arising from an act by that person or entity which could reasonably be construed as an act in furtherance of the right of free speech or the right to petition government for a redress of grievances; to revise definitions; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to libel and slander, so as to revise a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 513	Georgia HB 513 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ron Stephens	6	17	1	2015-03-02	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5a8e458b-bbaa-4ec3-a99a-db022b86e121	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a4b15d9e97643be61c3bac1fab01c0623dbecb51bd6c24ae113aa4c3543b28ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 513 (2015_16) — Pleadings and motions; procedure for claims asserted against a person or entity arising from an act which could be construed as an act in furtherance of the right of free speech or right to petition government for redress of grievances; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pleadings and motions, so as to revise provisions regarding the procedure for claims asserted against a person or entity arising from an act by that person or entity which could reasonably be construed as an act in furtherance of the right of free speech or the right to petition government for a redress of grievances; to revise definitions; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to libel and slander, so as to revise a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 29 2518ER (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 513/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 7039S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 7039S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 41 0455/a (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2212S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AM 29 2518ER — 71–98 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-02 House Hopper
• 2015-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2015-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 420 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a8e458b-bbaa-4ec3-a99a-db022b86e121. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).