republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-68.md

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Bill	Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 9, 13, 40, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, contracts, motor vehicles, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; to provide limitations relative to pain and suffering testimony; to provide for timing of answers and discovery; to provide for dismissals of civil actions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 68	Georgia SB 68 (2025_26)	bill	CIVIL PRACTICE CONTRACTS MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC TORTS	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch	9	17	7	2025-01-30	2025-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/9e9e2c11-759b-4455-baec-1096d128096a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	fbee45e21277e343fcd4250eaad9dd5c0c97776288d4ac69ad1f35d0cb99a115	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 68 (2025_26) — Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 9, 13, 40, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, contracts, motor vehicles, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; to provide limitations relative to pain and suffering testimony; to provide for timing of answers and discovery; to provide for dismissals of civil actions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and 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 62 0074-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 49 2233-ECS (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0227 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor Amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor Amend 2A (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 49 2362S/hss (committee substitute) — source
8. SB 68/AP* (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0256 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 34–21 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #272 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 22–32 (fail) · upper
• House Vote #290 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 91–82 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #81 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 21–33 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #82 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 21–33 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #83 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 33–21 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 94–77 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-20 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2025-03-21 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-21 Act 9 executive-signature
• 2025-04-21 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e9e2c11-759b-4455-baec-1096d128096a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).