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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts; additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defend clauses which are void and unenforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to illegal and void contracts generally, so as to provide for additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defend clauses which are void and unenforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 943"
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citation: "Georgia HB 943 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Pak", "Carl Rogers", "Joe Wilkinson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-08"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcf1f5f9-6daf-43fb-b00b-e11e647eb10c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b5cdda1b3f7692d6fa7b3a87ca6df91c2fa5a7500d2ec3e278cfc836266d42b7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 943 (2015_16) — Contracts; additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defend clauses which are void and unenforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to illegal and void contracts generally, so as to provide for additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defend clauses which are void and unenforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159225.pdf)
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2. **HB 943/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162213.pdf)
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3. **HB 943/FA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159333.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 2966ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156796.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2204ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160092.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
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- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
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- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 355 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcf1f5f9-6daf-43fb-b00b-e11e647eb10c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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