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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; performing any duty at the scene of an emergency; law enforcement officers shall not be liable; clarify"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to clarify that law enforcement officers shall not be liable at law for any action or actions done while performing any duty at the scene of an emergency under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for no liability of law enforcement officers for rescuing persons or pets out of certain vehicles; 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: "SB 31"
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citation: "Georgia SB 31 (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: ["Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lester Jackson", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-17"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d871490e-046c-440c-8952-dc557b1b30ac"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0a25c4c1b9761843ce7e8e36e2ae5ffd02903a2629f4eb0676b1c8a9a70f6cc7"
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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 31 (2019_20) — Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; performing any duty at the scene of an emergency; law enforcement officers shall not be liable; clarify
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to clarify that law enforcement officers shall not be liable at law for any action or actions done while performing any duty at the scene of an emergency under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for no liability of law enforcement officers for rescuing persons or pets out of certain vehicles; 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. **As introduced LC 41 1690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179687.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183546.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 1988S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186153.pdf)
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4. **SB 31/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187419.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-17** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-26** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-28** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-28** Act 66 `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/d871490e-046c-440c-8952-dc557b1b30ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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