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type: "Bill"
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title: "State liability; activities of organized militia engaged in training or duty; provide exception"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-21-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exceptions to state liability, so as to provide that the state shall have no liability for activities of the organized militia when engaged in state or federal training or duty; to provide an exception; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 309"
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citation: "Georgia HB 309 (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: ["Bill Hitchens", "Christian Coomer", "David Clark", "John Deffenbaugh", "Timothy Barr", "Tom Taylor"]
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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: "2017-02-09"
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last_action: "2018-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/256c6899-1353-404b-851b-a28a3e9758c5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d8b8bccdb262e3701abfc73679bc964cb9a1135f5c4ac433eda8fdd3d5ee26a4"
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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 309 (2017_18) — State liability; activities of organized militia engaged in training or duty; provide exception
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-21-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exceptions to state liability, so as to provide that the state shall have no liability for activities of the organized militia when engaged in state or federal training or duty; to provide an exception; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 — **168–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
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- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
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- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 309 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** 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/256c6899-1353-404b-851b-a28a3e9758c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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