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type: "Bill"
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title: "Property; prohibit retaliation by a landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant generally, so as to prohibit retaliation by a landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions; to provide for circumstances that are not considered retaliation; to provide for remedies; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 346"
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citation: "Georgia HB 346 (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: ["Deborah Silcox", "Houston Gaines", "Jan Jones", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10b7dc2b-2462-4daa-a7a1-ad0a397dc1da"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8f3669a6e8f947543f0b58c510a81077ff6ad1030eaa50b13b29d58d5dd21ea8"
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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 346 (2019_20) — Property; prohibit retaliation by a landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant generally, so as to prohibit retaliation by a landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions; to provide for circumstances that are not considered retaliation; to provide for remedies; 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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1. **HB 346/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187010.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1918S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183922.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 1918S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183517.pdf)
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4. **LC 46 0032/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181736.pdf)
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5. **SCSFA to HB 346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186630.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 1998S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186237.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186015.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **131–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-15** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** 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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- **2019-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-26** Senate Tabled
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-08** Act 311 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/10b7dc2b-2462-4daa-a7a1-ad0a397dc1da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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