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type: "Bill"
title: "Safe at Home Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, so as to provide for a duty of habitability for certain rental agreements; to provide for an exception to such duty; to provide for an exception to landlord tort liability; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice; to provide for a maximum security deposit amount; to provide for expedited evictions for certain criminal activity; to provide for a short title; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Georgia HB 404 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Kasey Carpenter", "Mary Oliver", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Omari Crawford", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd763223-cb68-4022-be52-80ed4e2fbb26"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dfcf8ca0bce4176063df1162e83907077bba344aedeabdacd2cb0c883447cb59"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 404 (2023_24) — Safe at Home Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, so as to provide for a duty of habitability for certain rental agreements; to provide for an exception to such duty; to provide for an exception to landlord tort liability; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice; to provide for a maximum security deposit amount; to provide for expedited evictions for certain criminal activity; to provide for a short title; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 404/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229083.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0504/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214640.pdf)
3. **LC 50 0549S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216834.pdf)
4. **LC 50 0549S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216456.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 1791S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223891.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220362.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #150 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #747 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #779 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Omari Crawford — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-14** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2024-01-08** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-21** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 392 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd763223-cb68-4022-be52-80ed4e2fbb26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).