republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-373.md

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Bill	Nonprofit Corporations; directors and officers of electric membership corporations and foreign electric cooperatives; provisions; change	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 and Part 6 of Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to directors and officers of nonprofit corporations and directors and officers of electric membership corporations and foreign electric cooperatives, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to the responsibilities and standard of care of directors and officers of certain corporations; to clarify the ability of directors and officers to rely on other individuals in the performance of their duties; to provide for a rebuttable presumption when directors and officers are acting in good faith; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 373	Georgia SB 373 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Burt Jones Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett Renee Unterman Sally Harrell Steve Gooch Tyler Harper William Ligon, Jr.	4	15	1	2020-02-05	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/291a357f-4d51-4815-9808-56aed3319811	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	721e7d9d98a8d7b8874735eeef7404d2340eb52e62a0133ce4f1cb96a2e7c9ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 373 (2019_20) — Nonprofit Corporations; directors and officers of electric membership corporations and foreign electric cooperatives; provisions; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 and Part 6 of Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to directors and officers of nonprofit corporations and directors and officers of electric membership corporations and foreign electric cooperatives, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to the responsibilities and standard of care of directors and officers of certain corporations; to clarify the ability of directors and officers to rely on other individuals in the performance of their duties; to provide for a rebuttable presumption when directors and officers are acting in good faith; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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. As introduced LC 36 4191 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 36 0783 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB373/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-05 Senate Hopper
• 2020-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-03-02 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2020-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 391 executive-signature
• 2020-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/291a357f-4d51-4815-9808-56aed3319811. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).