republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-125.md

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Bill	Liability of Owners/Occupier of Land; codify the duty of a possessor of land to a trespasser against harm	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the liability of owners and occupiers of land, so as to codify the duty of a possessor of land to a trespasser against harm; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 125	Georgia SB 125 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Jesse Stone Steve Gooch	5	16	1	2013-02-07	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5ffb9dde-a473-4b78-899d-5e8e6ff4a1cc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	504e0c68c0c689341fb5a1b8cbe8d990502242091a656f4af2fd70bc28635bb5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 125 (2013_14) — Liability of Owners/Occupier of Land; codify the duty of a possessor of land to a trespasser against harm

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the liability of owners and occupiers of land, so as to codify the duty of a possessor of land to a trespasser against harm; 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. As introduced LC 33 4996 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 5488S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 9 5773ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 125/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-01-31 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-27 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-21 Act 548 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ffb9dde-a473-4b78-899d-5e8e6ff4a1cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).