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type: "Bill"
title: "Damages; reduction of earnings to present value; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for damages, so as to change provisions relating to the reduction of earnings to present value; to provide for determining the present value of certain future damages; 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 94"
citation: "Georgia HB 94 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Edward Lindsey", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-17"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3605479-de5e-4f68-9952-00c084810897"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0d491b5097359ec8f13de5df83e1e59d07b95ac068976eb74142859f86b92714"
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 94 (2013_14) — Damages; reduction of earnings to present value; change provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for damages, so as to change provisions relating to the reduction of earnings to present value; to provide for determining the present value of certain future damages; 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 94/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135373.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5387/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128573.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5521S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133182.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5521S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132550.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1670** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-17** House Hopper
- **2013-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 241 `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/b3605479-de5e-4f68-9952-00c084810897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).