republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-943.md

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Bill	Contracts; additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defend clauses which are void and unenforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to illegal and void contracts generally, so as to provide for additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defend clauses which are void and unenforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 943	Georgia HB 943 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	B.J. Pak Carl Rogers Joe Wilkinson	5	16	1	2016-02-08	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/dcf1f5f9-6daf-43fb-b00b-e11e647eb10c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b5cdda1b3f7692d6fa7b3a87ca6df91c2fa5a7500d2ec3e278cfc836266d42b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 943 (2015_16) — Contracts; additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defend clauses which are void and unenforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to illegal and void contracts generally, so as to provide for additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defend clauses which are void and unenforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; to provide for exceptions; 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 29 2512 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 943/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 943/FA (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 2966ER/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2204ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Carl Rogers — primary (person)
• Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-08 House Hopper
• 2016-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted As Amended 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
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 355 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dcf1f5f9-6daf-43fb-b00b-e11e647eb10c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).