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type: "Bill"
title: "Liability of Owners/Occupier of Land; codify the duty of a possessor of land to a trespasser against harm"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the liability of owners and occupiers of land, so as to codify the duty of a possessor of land to a trespasser against harm; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "Georgia SB 125 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-07"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ffb9dde-a473-4b78-899d-5e8e6ff4a1cc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "504e0c68c0c689341fb5a1b8cbe8d990502242091a656f4af2fd70bc28635bb5"
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 SB 125 (2013_14) — Liability of Owners/Occupier of Land; codify the duty of a possessor of land to a trespasser against harm
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the liability of owners and occupiers of land, so as to codify the duty of a possessor of land to a trespasser against harm; 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. **As introduced LC 33 4996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130178.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132244.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 29 5488S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131672.pdf)
4. **LC 9 5773ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138544.pdf)
5. **SB 125/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144986.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-07** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-27** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Act 548 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ffb9dde-a473-4b78-899d-5e8e6ff4a1cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).