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| Bill | Torts; authorize apportionment of damages in single-defendant lawsuits; provide for evidence of fault of nonparties | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 51-12-33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reduction and apportionment of award or bar of recovery according to percentage of fault of parties and nonparties, so as to authorize apportionment of damages in single-defendant lawsuits; to provide for evidence of fault of nonparties; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 961 | Georgia HB 961 (2021_22) |
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2 | 25 | 1 | 2022-01-24 | 2022-05-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/0625c6e9-e6de-4983-aa57-c73ced541880 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 89f10716e277b71d26819e22d8eabdbf4ee72a0765e1f0168846680c61cae7a0 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 961 (2021_22) — Torts; authorize apportionment of damages in single-defendant lawsuits; provide for evidence of fault of nonparties
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 51-12-33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reduction and apportionment of award or bar of recovery according to percentage of fault of parties and nonparties, so as to authorize apportionment of damages in single-defendant lawsuits; to provide for evidence of fault of nonparties; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 168–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-24 House Hopper
- 2022-01-25 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2022-01-26 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2022-01-26 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-02-07 House Postponed
- 2022-02-08 House Postponed
- 2022-02-10 House Postponed
- 2022-02-11 House Postponed
- 2022-02-14 House Postponed
- 2022-02-15 House Postponed
- 2022-02-17 House Postponed
- 2022-02-22 House Postponed
- 2022-02-24 House Postponed
- 2022-02-28 House Postponed
- 2022-03-01 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-03-01 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-03-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-29 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-03-30 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-03-30 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-13 Act 876
executive-signature - 2022-05-13 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0625c6e9-e6de-4983-aa57-c73ced541880. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).