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| Bill | Torts; abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; create a cause of action | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and abusive litigation, so as to create a cause of action for abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; to provide factors for evaluating a claim of abusive website access litigation; to provide for a rebuttable presumption when corrective action is taken after receiving notice of an alleged website access violation; to provide for damages; to authorize the Attorney General to intervene and seek certain relief and to make investigative demands for evidence in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | HB 1470 | Georgia HB 1470 (2025_26) |
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Georgia HB 1470 (2025_26) — Torts; abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; create a cause of action
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and abusive litigation, so as to create a cause of action for abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; to provide factors for evaluating a claim of abusive website access litigation; to provide for a rebuttable presumption when corrective action is taken after receiving notice of an alleged website access violation; to provide for damages; to authorize the Attorney General to intervene and seek certain relief and to make investigative demands for evidence in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; 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.
- HB 1470/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 63 0114/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 63 0140S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 63 0140S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 39–10 (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #978 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #681 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 144–22 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-26 House Hopper
introduction - 2026-02-26 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2026-03-03 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-06 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-03-09 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 458
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5454f969-babe-4b90-8b0d-b8d2b521f367. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).