republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-451.md

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Bill	Deficiencies Connected with Improvements to Realty and Resulting Injuries; actions that may be brought pursuant to Code Section 9-3-51; clarify	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations on recovery for deficiencies connected with improvements to realty and resulting injuries, so as to clarify actions that may be brought pursuant to Code Section 9-3-51 regarding deficiencies in connection with improvements to realty; 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 451	Georgia SB 451 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Chuck Hufstetler Frank Ginn John Kennedy William Ligon, Jr.	3	17	1	2020-02-26	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e915dc9d-9b4e-4b52-9ebe-08ee0fa11971	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5aec09ce3821ec18305bdf732943a54b6ca52c44b127f1e3282e7292d0822522	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 451 (2019_20) — Deficiencies Connected with Improvements to Realty and Resulting Injuries; actions that may be brought pursuant to Code Section 9-3-51; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations on recovery for deficiencies connected with improvements to realty and resulting injuries, so as to clarify actions that may be brought pursuant to Code Section 9-3-51 regarding deficiencies in connection with improvements to realty; 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 41 2398 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 451/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO TABLE THE RULES CALENDAR — 49–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-26 Senate Hopper
• 2020-02-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-03-12 Senate Tabled
• 2020-03-12 Senate Taken from Table
• 2020-03-12 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-03-12 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-06-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 380 executive-signature
• 2020-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e915dc9d-9b4e-4b52-9ebe-08ee0fa11971. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).