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Bill State Tort Claims; venue of actions; provisions; change A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state tort claims, so as to change provisions relating to the venue of actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 SB 126 Georgia SB 126 (2017_18)
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Chuck Payne
Chuck Hufstetler
David Shafer
Ellis Black
Greg Kirk
Hunter Hill
John Albers
John Kennedy
Lee Anderson
Michael Williams
Mike Dugan
William Ligon, Jr.
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Georgia SB 126 (2017_18) — State Tort Claims; venue of actions; provisions; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state tort claims, so as to change provisions relating to the venue of actions; 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.

Votes

  • PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 490 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
  • David Shafer — primary (person)
  • Ellis Black — primary (person)
  • Greg Kirk — primary (person)
  • Hunter Hill — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • John Kennedy — primary (person)
  • Lee Anderson — primary (person)
  • Michael Williams — primary (person)
  • Mike Dugan — primary (person)
  • William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-07 Senate Hopper
  • 2017-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2017-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2017-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2017-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2017-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2017-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2017-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2017-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-05-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2017-05-09 Act 238 executive-signature
  • 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26ef45f2-0f1f-451d-a8c3-128c7872e93b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).