republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1185.md

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Bill	Courts; certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 14 and 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to corporations, partnerships, and associations and courts, respectively, so as to provide for certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to permit a corporation's bylaws or articles of incorporation to require certain claims to be heard by the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for removal of certain claims to the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for attorney's fees and costs; to exempt payment of attorney's fees and costs in certain situations; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1185	Georgia HB 1185 (2025_26)	bill	CORPORATIONS PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS COURTS	enacted	Chuck Efstration Devan Seabaugh Matthew Gambill Rob Leverett Stan Gunter Will Wade	9	18	6	2026-02-04	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5b184d7c-7d9c-4495-95a9-06e5f23997e8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	dc56e3e9cf8c142dd4db96b067ff342f7570caea4a401e7c53197d1aaadd7f87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1185 (2025_26) — Courts; certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 14 and 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to corporations, partnerships, and associations and courts, respectively, so as to provide for certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to permit a corporation's bylaws or articles of incorporation to require certain claims to be heard by the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for removal of certain claims to the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for attorney's fees and costs; to exempt payment of attorney's fees and costs in certain situations; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date and 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 1185/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 62 0291-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 49 0325 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 2A (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor Amend 3 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 3A (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen Floor Amend 4 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #810 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 27–23 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #871 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #870 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 37–9 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #809 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 14–35 (fail) · upper
• House Vote #828 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 97–65 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #566 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 104–66 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
• Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Will Wade — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-04 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Senate Tabled
• 2026-03-27 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2026-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 460 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b184d7c-7d9c-4495-95a9-06e5f23997e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).