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type: "Bill"
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title: "State government; waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims; provisions"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 311"
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citation: "Georgia HB 311 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Chuck Efstration", "Jay Powell", "Josh McLaurin", "Mary Oliver"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0689632-8c04-44d8-a5bf-592f04daa06d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e1fe8e461a90a8d2a306e46991257f5ac44420f10b194f46874300a7e5206a36"
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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 311 (2019_20) — State government; waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims; provisions
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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.
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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. **HB 311/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187574.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 5544S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184078.pdf)
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3. **LC 34 5544S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183675.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 1809/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181478.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 1991S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185236.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-10** Veto V5 `executive-signature`
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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/d0689632-8c04-44d8-a5bf-592f04daa06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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