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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Civil Practice Act; revise and provide for new requirements"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisional and final remedies and special proceedings, so as to revise and provide for new requirements under the Georgia Civil Practice Act for settlement offers and arrangements for tort claims for personal injury, bodily injury, and death; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kinds of insurance, limits of risks, and reinsurance, so as to revise the liability of an insurer upon refusal to pay an insured for any loss pursuant to uninsured motorist coverage under motor vehicle liability policies; to revise a penalty; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 714"
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citation: "Georgia HB 714 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-03"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e774f1a-c544-4304-a50b-da1c8ff83d12"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a6e2d72f8b7950fa150e23ed6ac6e0ccf3b5745023ff1cf9540caadf596d0810"
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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 714 (2021_22) — Georgia Civil Practice Act; revise and provide for new requirements
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisional and final remedies and special proceedings, so as to revise and provide for new requirements under the Georgia Civil Practice Act for settlement offers and arrangements for tort claims for personal injury, bodily injury, and death; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kinds of insurance, limits of risks, and reinsurance, so as to revise the liability of an insurer upon refusal to pay an insured for any loss pursuant to uninsured motorist coverage under motor vehicle liability policies; to revise a penalty; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 714/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202554.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 3069/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199577.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 3084S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199727.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 3090S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200107.pdf)
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5. **SCSFA to HB 714** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201722.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3160S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201343.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201721.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **137–31** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-03** House Hopper
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- **2021-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 203 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/2e774f1a-c544-4304-a50b-da1c8ff83d12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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