republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1187.md

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Bill	Trey's Law; enact	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 prohibit as contrary to the public policy of this state any contract or agreement that has the purpose or effect of concealing the details relating to a claim of childhood sexual abuse; to provide for the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of childhood sexual abuse; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1187	Georgia HB 1187 (2025_26)	bill	CIVIL PRACTICE	enacted	Devan Seabaugh Katie Dempsey Matthew Gambill Soo Hong Stan Gunter Will Wade	4	16	3	2026-02-04	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/5d260a84-5b38-488e-bf23-2d7d48163aad	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	200f008b7f1d4e221e5f42b5cece1b01cdb5a3af939c3540ac36aea6e5b3557c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1187 (2025_26) — Trey's Law; enact

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 prohibit as contrary to the public policy of this state any contract or agreement that has the purpose or effect of concealing the details relating to a claim of childhood sexual abuse; to provide for the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of childhood sexual abuse; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; 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.

1. HB 1187/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 2538-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 62 0369S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 62 0369S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #605 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 174–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #951 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 39–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — 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
• 2026-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2026-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 448 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d260a84-5b38-488e-bf23-2d7d48163aad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).