republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-59.md

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Bill	State tort claims; waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims, so as to provide for waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 59	Georgia HB 59 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alex Atwood B.J. Pak Beth Beskin Chuck Efstration Jay Powell Wendell Willard	6	18	1	2015-01-14	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/5bfbbc57-c9a8-43c8-aba3-83eaba2f76f3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ed837db05f446d9ec77de6423d59a5eb446d49b1828297f4308d8036cdf9d4dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 59 (2015_16) — State tort claims; waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims, so as to provide for waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. Committee Sub LC 41 0781S (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor Amendment AM 29 2553 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 59/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6185/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 6337S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 29 6337S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 154–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Atwood — primary (person)
• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Beth Beskin — primary (person)
• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-14 House Hopper
• 2015-01-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-01-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-08 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Veto V2 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bfbbc57-c9a8-43c8-aba3-83eaba2f76f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).