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type: "Bill"
title: "Civil practice; tort claims arising out of use of motor vehicles; provide for certain pre-suit settlement offers"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisional and final remedies and special proceedings in civil practice, so as to provide for certain pre-suit settlement offers and agreements as to tort claims arising out of use of motor vehicles; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 336"
citation: "Georgia HB 336 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell", "John Meadows", "Mike Jacobs", "Richard Smith", "Stacey Abrams", "Tom Weldon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/493f091b-7537-440d-80ed-6c0787b63915"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c44763764991ff966e51e5ad896e8ec99ee00873b6564f83298847ce47e9bd28"
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 336 (2013_14) — Civil practice; tort claims arising out of use of motor vehicles; provide for certain pre-suit settlement offers
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisional and final remedies and special proceedings in civil practice, so as to provide for certain pre-suit settlement offers and agreements as to tort claims arising out of use of motor vehicles; 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 336/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135550.pdf)
2. **LC 25 6177ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130870.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5530ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132595.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5530ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131944.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- John Meadows — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-13** House Hopper
- **2013-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 271 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/493f091b-7537-440d-80ed-6c0787b63915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).