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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Space Flight Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for the facilitation of space flight activities in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to limit the liability of space flight entities related to injuries sustained by participants who have agreed in writing to such a limitation after being provided with certain warnings; to provide a short title; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 1"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ed Setzler", "Jason Spencer", "Jeff Jones", "Jimmy Pruett", "John Corbett", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-11-15"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05e5c72e-5d0c-4eb2-a49c-515773892f81"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4cc2d3a75f1ff0748055a2b6c7193b9ea06e071e7e7b249201f86dc6bab2afc0"
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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 1 (2017_18) — Georgia Space Flight Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for the facilitation of space flight activities in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to limit the liability of space flight entities related to injuries sustained by participants who have agreed in writing to such a limitation after being provided with certain warnings; to provide a short title; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
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- Jeff Jones — primary (person)
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- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-11-15** House Prefiled `introduction`
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- **2017-01-12** House Hopper
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- **2017-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 172 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/05e5c72e-5d0c-4eb2-a49c-515773892f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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