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| Bill | State government; waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 21 of Title 50, Title 36, Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 23, and Code Section 5-6-34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims, provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, conventional quia timet, and judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable, procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal, scope of review, hearings in criminal cases involving a capital offense for which death penalty is sought, and appeals involving nonmonetary judgments in child custody cases; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 311 | Georgia HB 311 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 311 (2019_20) — State government; waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 21 of Title 50, Title 36, Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 23, and Code Section 5-6-34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims, provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, conventional quia timet, and judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable, procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal, scope of review, hearings in criminal cases involving a capital offense for which death penalty is sought, and appeals involving nonmonetary judgments in child custody cases; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 311/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 34 5544S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 34 5544S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 1809/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 41 1991S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 168–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-14 House Hopper
- 2019-02-15 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-02-19 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-07 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-25 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-10 Veto V5
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0689632-8c04-44d8-a5bf-592f04daa06d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).