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Bill Banks, trust companies, and corporations; responsibilities and standard of care of directors and officers; change provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 12 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 and Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to management of bank and trust companies and directors and officers of corporations, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to the responsibilities and standard of care of directors and officers of banks, trust companies, and corporations; to clarify and expand the ability of directors and officers to rely on other individuals in the performance of their duties; to shield directors and officers from liability for monetary damages to the corporation, its shareholders, and certain other parties in the absence of gross negligence; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 HB 192 Georgia HB 192 (2017_18)
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Bruce Williamson
Christian Coomer
Jay Powell
Matt Hatchett
Wendell Willard
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Georgia HB 192 (2017_18) — Banks, trust companies, and corporations; responsibilities and standard of care of directors and officers; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 12 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 and Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to management of bank and trust companies and directors and officers of corporations, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to the responsibilities and standard of care of directors and officers of banks, trust companies, and corporations; to clarify and expand the ability of directors and officers to rely on other individuals in the performance of their duties; to shield directors and officers from liability for monetary damages to the corporation, its shareholders, and certain other parties in the absence of gross negligence; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 12840 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Beth Beskin — primary (person)
  • Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
  • Christian Coomer — primary (person)
  • Jay Powell — primary (person)
  • Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
  • Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-31 House Hopper
  • 2017-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2017-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2017-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2017-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2017-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2017-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2017-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2017-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2017-05-09 Act 248 executive-signature
  • 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07a1fa1f-e90b-4f41-b6c4-d920b4a1750f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).