republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-90.md

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Bill	Torts; certain persons, firms, or corporations who are buyers of land for conversion of timber shall be exempt from certain liabilities; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to damages for conversion of timber, so as to provide that certain persons, firms, or corporations who are buyers of land for conversion of timber shall be exempt from certain liabilities; to limit damages for certain causes of action brought for conversion of timber; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 90	Georgia HB 90 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bruce Williamson Greg Morris Jon Burns Matt Hatchett Robert Dickey Sam Watson	4	15	1	2021-01-14	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/411792de-fabe-4b6b-a867-5cce34c725f3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	90a0b33c3ecf6d8c09ccd5ce74dd6cadb9cea2d6aa69640ee50775f3c4dcaa00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 90 (2021_22) — Torts; certain persons, firms, or corporations who are buyers of land for conversion of timber shall be exempt from certain liabilities; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to damages for conversion of timber, so as to provide that certain persons, firms, or corporations who are buyers of land for conversion of timber shall be exempt from certain liabilities; to limit damages for certain causes of action brought for conversion of timber; 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.

1. HB 90/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 2713/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 2887S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 2887S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Greg Morris — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 House Hopper
• 2021-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-17 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-09 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-09 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-07 Act 255 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/411792de-fabe-4b6b-a867-5cce34c725f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).