republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1409.md

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Bill	Torts; mental health care providers; limit liability under certain circumstances	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to torts, so as to limit liability for mental health care providers under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to limit liability for punitive damages; to provide for applicability; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1409	Georgia HB 1409 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Jon Burns Mark Newton Rob Leverett	8	19	5	2024-02-26	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/6989a90f-3a4d-496d-ad7d-979d1c837b0c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c534d648dedbfd87241d536e37681a6e38fa2087f3b797f8eb1f761e4bf3e343	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1409 (2023_24) — Torts; mental health care providers; limit liability under certain circumstances

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to torts, so as to limit liability for mental health care providers under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to limit liability for punitive damages; to provide for applicability; to provide for legislative findings; 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. Floor Amendment AM 33 2088 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 1409/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 9686/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 9691ERS/RCS (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 33 9691ERS/rcs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 1409 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee sub LC 33 9718S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 2078 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #607 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #853 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 31–23 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #895 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #869 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 165–3 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #854 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 40–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Mark Newton — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-26 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 568 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6989a90f-3a4d-496d-ad7d-979d1c837b0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).