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| Bill | Torts; space flight activities; provide facilitation; definitions; exceptions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for the facilitation of space flight activities in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to limit the liability of space flight entities related to injuries sustained by participants who have agreed in writing to such a limitation after being provided with certain warnings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | SB 46 | Georgia SB 46 (2017_18) |
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Georgia SB 46 (2017_18) — Torts; space flight activities; provide facilitation; definitions; exceptions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for the facilitation of space flight activities in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to limit the liability of space flight entities related to injuries sustained by participants who have agreed in writing to such a limitation after being provided with certain warnings; 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 — 49–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bill Heath — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Fran Millar — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-24 Senate Hopper
- 2017-01-25 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2017-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-02-08 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2017-02-15 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2017-02-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-02-16 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-17 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-28 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
withdrawal, referral-committee - 2017-03-30 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-03-30 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2017-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2017-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-05-08 Act 173
executive-signature - 2017-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98a50416-a1f8-49c1-a1fe-d6d4093c27e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).