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| Bill | Waiver of Immunity for Motor Vehicle Claims; definition to clarify sheriff, deputy sheriff, other agent, servant, or employee of sheriff's office; include | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-92-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding waiver of immunity for motor vehicle claims, so as to revise a definition to clarify that a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other agent, servant, or employee of a sheriff's office shall be included in such waiver for purposes of the waiver of sovereign immunity for local government motor vehicle claims; to clarify and conform such waiver of sovereign immunity in response to Davis v. Morrison, 344 Ga. App. 527 (2018); to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | SB 29 | Georgia SB 29 (2019_20) |
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6 | 15 | 1 | 2019-01-17 | 2019-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/df543b65-a934-48b3-8755-3d31374ed753 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | e675227766c23f3c62ed721fa743e3ad08896e1cc50ea7e40b69a7ac796a8a8e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 29 (2019_20) — Waiver of Immunity for Motor Vehicle Claims; definition to clarify sheriff, deputy sheriff, other agent, servant, or employee of sheriff's office; include
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-92-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding waiver of immunity for motor vehicle claims, so as to revise a definition to clarify that a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other agent, servant, or employee of a sheriff's office shall be included in such waiver for purposes of the waiver of sovereign immunity for local government motor vehicle claims; to clarify and conform such waiver of sovereign immunity in response to Davis v. Morrison, 344 Ga. App. 527 (2018); 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.
- As Introduced LC 41 1661 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- Committee sub LC 48 0095S (committee substitute) — source
- Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
- Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
- SB 29/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-17 Senate Hopper
- 2019-01-28 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-02-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-02-28 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-05 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-07 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-03-08 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-26 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-26 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-07 Act 254
executive-signature - 2019-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df543b65-a934-48b3-8755-3d31374ed753. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).