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type: "Bill"
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title: "Torts; space flight activities; provide facilitation; definitions; exceptions"
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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 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: "SB 46"
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citation: "Georgia SB 46 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Heath", "Brandon Beach", "Bruce Thompson", "Dean Burke", "Donzella James", "Fran Millar", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "Joshua McKoon", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "P. K. Martin IV", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper", "Valencia Seay", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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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: "2017-01-24"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a50416-a1f8-49c1-a1fe-d6d4093c27e1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8e6f99a93346e35cdeff8f08ca9e86676739d2aaa0f1c4db8f116a1823612afc"
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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 SB 46 (2017_18) — Torts; space flight activities; provide facilitation; definitions; exceptions
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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 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — **49–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Heath — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-24** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-01-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-28** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 173 `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/98a50416-a1f8-49c1-a1fe-d6d4093c27e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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