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type: "Bill"
title: "Municipalities; ante litem notice; the amount of damages sought; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-33-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ante litem notice for municipalities, so as to provide that such notices shall specify the amount of damages sought; to provide for service of such notices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "Georgia HB 135 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Brian Strickland", "Edward Lindsey", "Jay Powell", "John Meadows", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-29"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcea41a9-0917-4b50-8f3c-b4f8cc695278"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f5559e4fe603c4ae899e48f50eccd2062c0cdb9b5475c9e0a83057feb51cba17"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 135 (2013_14) — Municipalities; ante litem notice; the amount of damages sought; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-33-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ante litem notice for municipalities, so as to provide that such notices shall specify the amount of damages sought; to provide for service of such notices; 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 135/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142511.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6321/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128977.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5432S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130832.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5432S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129867.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **170–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- John Meadows — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-29** House Hopper
- **2013-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-01-13** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 487 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcea41a9-0917-4b50-8f3c-b4f8cc695278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).