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Bill Commerce; a litigation bar on governmental entities regarding certain statewide opioid litigation; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce, so as to provide for a litigation bar on governmental entities regarding certain statewide opioid litigation; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 SB 500 Georgia SB 500 (2021_22)
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Brian Strickland
Harold Jones II
John Kennedy
Larry Walker, III
Michael 'Doc' Rhett
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Georgia SB 500 (2021_22) — Commerce; a litigation bar on governmental entities regarding certain statewide opioid litigation; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce, so as to provide for a litigation bar on governmental entities regarding certain statewide opioid litigation; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide 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.

  1. As introduced LC 44 1911 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee sub LC 49 0881S (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB 500/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 520 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Brian Strickland — primary (person)
  • Harold Jones II — primary (person)
  • John Kennedy — primary (person)
  • Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
  • Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2022-02-11 Senate Hopper
  • 2022-02-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2022-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2022-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2022-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2022-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2022-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2022-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-05-02 Act 729 executive-signature
  • 2022-05-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4b134a3-471b-4e44-9e7f-29f0dbf848e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).