GA SB 68
enactedCivil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide
Georgia · 2025_26 · upper
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Quick answers
Did GA SB 68 pass?
Yes. GA SB 68 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-21): Effective Date
What is GA SB 68 about?
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 9, 13, 40, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, contracts, motor vehicles, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; to provide limitations relative to pain and suffering testimony; to provide for timing of answers and discovery; to provide for dismissals of civil actions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Who sponsors GA SB 68?
John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch, Randy Robertson and 22 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 68.
Description
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 9, 13, 40, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, contracts, motor vehicles, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; to provide limitations relative to pain and suffering testimony; to provide for timing of answers and discovery; to provide for dismissals of civil actions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-30
- Latest action
- 2025-04-21 — Effective Date
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- John F. Kennedyprimary
- Steve Goochprimary
- Randy Robertsonprimary
- Jason Anavitarteprimary
- Larry Walker, IIIprimary
- Bill Cowsertprimary
- Ben Watsonprimary
- Drew Echolsprimary
- Greg Dolezalprimary
- Shawn Stillprimary
- Kay Kirkpatrickprimary
- Brandon Beachprimary
- Chuck Payneprimary
- Frank Ginnprimary
- Lee Andersonprimary
- Rick Williamsprimary
- Max Burnsprimary
- John Albersprimary
- Clint Dixonprimary
- Ed Setzlerprimary
- Matt Brassprimary
- Russ Goodmanprimary
- Mike Hodgesprimary
- Sam Watsonprimary
- Marty Harbinprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-21
Effective Date
2025-04-21
Act 9
executive-signature
2025-04-21
Senate Date Signed by Governor
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2025-04-07
Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt
2025-03-21
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2025-03-20
House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
2025-03-20
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage
2025-03-20
House Third Readers
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2025-03-18
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
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2025-02-26
House Second Readers
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2025-02-24
House First Readers
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2025-02-21
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage
2025-02-21
Senate Third Read
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2025-02-12
Senate Read Second Time
reading-2
2025-02-11
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-03
Senate Read and Referred
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2025-01-30
Senate Hopper
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Versions
Documents
Votes
Senate Vote #81 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-02-21 · fail · 21-33
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: no
- ANAVITARTE: no
- ANDERSON: no
- BEACH: no
- BEARDEN: no
- BRASS: no
- BURNS: no
- COWSERT: no
- DAVENPORT: yes
- DIXON: no
- DOLEZAL: no
- ECHOLS: no
- ESTEVES: yes
- GINN: no
- GOOCH: no
- GOODMAN: no
- HALPERN: yes
- HARBIN: no
- HARBISON: other
- HARRELL: yes
- HATCHETT: no
- HICKMAN: no
- HODGES: no
- HUFSTETLER: no
- JACKSON: yes
- JAMES: yes
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: yes
- KEMP: yes
- KENNEDY: no
- KIRKPATRICK: no
- LUCAS: yes
- MALLOW: yes
- MANGHAM: other
- MCLAURIN: yes
- MERRITT: yes
- MOORE: no
- ORROCK: yes
- PARENT: yes
- PARKES: yes
- PAYNE: no
- RAHMAN: yes
- RHETT: yes
- ROBERTSON: no
- SETZLER: no
- SIMS: yes
- STILL: no
- STRICKLAND: no
- SUMMERS: no
- TILLERY: no
- WALKER, III: no
- WATSON: no
- WICKS: yes
- WILLIAMS: no
Senate Vote #83 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-02-21 · pass · 33-21
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: yes
- ANAVITARTE: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- BEACH: yes
- BEARDEN: yes
- BRASS: yes
- BURNS: yes
- COWSERT: yes
- DAVENPORT: no
- DIXON: yes
- DOLEZAL: yes
- ECHOLS: yes
- ESTEVES: no
- GINN: yes
- GOOCH: yes
- GOODMAN: yes
- HALPERN: no
- HARBIN: yes
- HARBISON: other
- HARRELL: no
- HATCHETT: yes
- HICKMAN: yes
- HODGES: yes
- HUFSTETLER: yes
- JACKSON: no
- JAMES: no
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: no
- KEMP: no
- KENNEDY: yes
- KIRKPATRICK: yes
- LUCAS: no
- MALLOW: no
- MANGHAM: other
- MCLAURIN: no
- MERRITT: no
- MOORE: no
- ORROCK: no
- PARENT: no
- PARKES: no
- PAYNE: yes
- RAHMAN: no
- RHETT: no
- ROBERTSON: yes
- SETZLER: yes
- SIMS: no
- STILL: yes
- STRICKLAND: yes
- SUMMERS: yes
- TILLERY: yes
- WALKER, III: yes
- WATSON: yes
- WICKS: no
- WILLIAMS: yes
Senate Vote #82 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-02-21 · fail · 21-33
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: no
- ANAVITARTE: no
- ANDERSON: no
- BEACH: no
- BEARDEN: no
- BRASS: no
- BURNS: no
- COWSERT: no
- DAVENPORT: yes
- DIXON: no
- DOLEZAL: no
- ECHOLS: no
- ESTEVES: yes
- GINN: no
- GOOCH: no
- GOODMAN: no
- HALPERN: yes
- HARBIN: no
- HARBISON: other
- HARRELL: yes
- HATCHETT: no
- HICKMAN: no
- HODGES: no
- HUFSTETLER: no
- JACKSON: yes
- JAMES: yes
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: yes
- KEMP: yes
- KENNEDY: no
- KIRKPATRICK: no
- LUCAS: yes
- MALLOW: yes
- MANGHAM: other
- MCLAURIN: yes
- MERRITT: yes
- MOORE: no
- ORROCK: yes
- PARENT: yes
- PARKES: yes
- PAYNE: no
- RAHMAN: yes
- RHETT: yes
- ROBERTSON: no
- SETZLER: no
- SIMS: yes
- STILL: no
- STRICKLAND: no
- SUMMERS: no
- TILLERY: no
- WALKER, III: no
- WATSON: no
- WICKS: yes
- WILLIAMS: no
House Vote #290 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-20 · pass · 91-82
Member-level votes (165)
- ADESANYA: other
- ADEYINA: no
- ALEXANDER: no
- ANDERSON: yes
- AU: yes
- BAKER: no
- BALLARD: yes
- BALLINGER: yes
- BARNES: no
- BARRETT: yes
- BARTON: yes
- BAZEMORE: no
- BECKLES: no
- BELL: no
- BENNETT: no
- BERRY: no
- BLACKMON: yes
- BONNER: yes
- BUCKNER: no
- BURCHETT: yes
- BURNOUGH: no
- BURNS: other
- BYRD: other
- CAMERON: yes
- CAMP: yes
- CAMPBELL: no
- CANNON: no
- CARPENTER: yes
- CARSON: yes
- CARTER: no
- CHASTAIN: yes
- CHEOKAS: yes
- CLARK: yes
- CLIFTON: yes
- COOPER: yes
- CORBETT: yes
- COX: yes
- CRAWFORD: no
- CROWE: yes
- CUMMINGS: no
- DAVIS: no
- DAWSON: no
- DELOACH: no
- DEMPSEY: yes
- DICKEY: yes
- DONATUCCI: yes
- DOUGLAS: no
- DRAPER: no
- DRENNER: no
- DUBNIK: yes
- DUNAHOO: yes
- EFSTRATION: yes
- EHRHART: yes
- ERWIN: yes
- EVANS: no
- FLEMING: yes
- FLOURNOY: no
- FORD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- FRYE: no
- GAINES: yes
- GAMBILL: yes
- GILLIARD: yes
- GLAIZE: no
- GREENE: yes
- GRIFFIN: no
- GULLETT: other
- GUNTER: yes
- HAGAN: yes
- HATCHETT: yes
- HAWKINS: yes
- HEFFNER: no
- HENDERSON: other
- HERRING: no
- HILTON: yes
- HITCHENS: yes
- HOLCOMB: no
- HOLLAND: no
- HOLLY: no
- HONG: yes
- HORNER: yes
- HOWARD: yes
- HUDDLESTON: yes
- HUGLEY: no
- HUTCHINSON: other
- JACKSON: no
- JASPERSE: yes
- JENKINS: yes
- JONES: yes
- KAHAIAN: no
- KELLEY: no
- KENDRICK: no
- LAHOOD: yes
- LEVERETT: yes
- LEWIS-WARD: no
- LIM: no
- LUMSDEN: yes
- LUPTON: no
- MARTIN: yes
- MARTINEZ: yes
- MATHIAK: yes
- MATHIS: no
- MCCLAIN: no
- MCCOLLUM: yes
- MCDONALD III: yes
- MCQUEEN: no
- MEEKS: yes
- MILLER: no
- MITCHELL: no
- MOMTAHAN: other
- MOORE: no
- MYLES: no
- NEAL: no
- NEW: yes
- NEWTON: yes
- OKOYE: no
- OLALEYE: no
- OLIVER: no
- O'STEEN: yes
- PANITCH: no
- PARIS: no
- PARK: no
- PARRISH: yes
- PARSONS: yes
- PERSINGER: yes
- PETREA: yes
- POWELL: yes
- PRINCE: no
- REESE: no
- REEVES: yes
- RHODES: yes
- RICE: yes
- RICHARDSON: yes
- RIDLEY: yes
- ROBERTS: no
- ROMMAN: no
- SAINZ: yes
- SAMPSON: no
- SANCHEZ: no
- SANTOS: no
- SCHOFIELD: no
- SCOGGINS: yes
- SCOTT: no
- SEABAUGH: yes
- SHARPER: no
- SILCOX: yes
- SMITH: no
- STEPHENS: yes
- STINSON: no
- TARVIN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- THOMAS: yes
- TOWNSEND: yes
- TRAN: no
- WADE: yes
- WASHBURN: no
- WERKHEISER: yes
- WESTBROOK: no
- WIEDOWER: yes
- WILKERSON: no
- WILLIAMS: no
- WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
- WILLIAMSON: yes
- WILLIS: no
- YEARTA: yes
House Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-20 · pass · 94-77
Member-level votes (165)
- ADESANYA: no
- ADEYINA: no
- ALEXANDER: no
- ANDERSON: yes
- AU: other
- BAKER: no
- BALLARD: yes
- BALLINGER: yes
- BARNES: no
- BARRETT: yes
- BARTON: yes
- BAZEMORE: no
- BECKLES: no
- BELL: no
- BENNETT: no
- BERRY: no
- BLACKMON: yes
- BONNER: yes
- BUCKNER: no
- BURCHETT: yes
- BURNOUGH: no
- BURNS: other
- BYRD: other
- CAMERON: yes
- CAMP: yes
- CAMPBELL: no
- CANNON: no
- CARPENTER: yes
- CARSON: yes
- CARTER: no
- CHASTAIN: yes
- CHEOKAS: yes
- CLARK: yes
- CLIFTON: yes
- COOPER: yes
- CORBETT: yes
- COX: yes
- CRAWFORD: no
- CROWE: yes
- CUMMINGS: no
- DAVIS: no
- DAWSON: no
- DELOACH: yes
- DEMPSEY: yes
- DICKEY: yes
- DONATUCCI: yes
- DOUGLAS: no
- DRAPER: no
- DRENNER: no
- DUBNIK: yes
- DUNAHOO: yes
- EFSTRATION: yes
- EHRHART: yes
- ERWIN: yes
- EVANS: no
- FLEMING: yes
- FLOURNOY: no
- FORD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- FRYE: no
- GAINES: yes
- GAMBILL: yes
- GILLIARD: no
- GLAIZE: no
- GREENE: yes
- GRIFFIN: no
- GULLETT: other
- GUNTER: yes
- HAGAN: yes
- HATCHETT: yes
- HAWKINS: yes
- HEFFNER: no
- HENDERSON: other
- HERRING: no
- HILTON: yes
- HITCHENS: yes
- HOLCOMB: no
- HOLLAND: no
- HOLLY: no
- HONG: yes
- HORNER: other
- HOWARD: yes
- HUDDLESTON: yes
- HUGLEY: no
- HUTCHINSON: other
- JACKSON: no
- JASPERSE: yes
- JENKINS: yes
- JONES: yes
- KAHAIAN: yes
- KELLEY: yes
- KENDRICK: no
- LAHOOD: yes
- LEVERETT: yes
- LEWIS-WARD: no
- LIM: no
- LUMSDEN: yes
- LUPTON: no
- MARTIN: yes
- MARTINEZ: yes
- MATHIAK: yes
- MATHIS: yes
- MCCLAIN: no
- MCCOLLUM: yes
- MCDONALD III: yes
- MCQUEEN: no
- MEEKS: yes
- MILLER: no
- MITCHELL: no
- MOMTAHAN: other
- MOORE: no
- MYLES: no
- NEAL: no
- NEW: yes
- NEWTON: yes
- OKOYE: no
- OLALEYE: no
- OLIVER: no
- O'STEEN: yes
- PANITCH: no
- PARIS: no
- PARK: no
- PARRISH: yes
- PARSONS: yes
- PERSINGER: yes
- PETREA: yes
- POWELL: yes
- PRINCE: no
- REESE: no
- REEVES: yes
- RHODES: yes
- RICE: yes
- RICHARDSON: yes
- RIDLEY: yes
- ROBERTS: no
- ROMMAN: no
- SAINZ: other
- SAMPSON: no
- SANCHEZ: no
- SANTOS: no
- SCHOFIELD: no
- SCOGGINS: yes
- SCOTT: no
- SEABAUGH: yes
- SHARPER: no
- SILCOX: yes
- SMITH: yes
- STEPHENS: yes
- STINSON: no
- TARVIN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- THOMAS: yes
- TOWNSEND: yes
- TRAN: no
- WADE: yes
- WASHBURN: yes
- WERKHEISER: yes
- WESTBROOK: no
- WIEDOWER: yes
- WILKERSON: no
- WILLIAMS: no
- WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
- WILLIAMSON: yes
- WILLIS: no
- YEARTA: yes
Senate Vote #272 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-21 · fail · 22-32
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: no
- ANAVITARTE: no
- ANDERSON: no
- BEACH: no
- BEARDEN: no
- BRASS: no
- BURNS: no
- COWSERT: no
- DAVENPORT: yes
- DIXON: no
- DOLEZAL: no
- ECHOLS: no
- ESTEVES: yes
- GINN: no
- GOOCH: no
- GOODMAN: no
- HALPERN: yes
- HARBIN: no
- HARBISON: yes
- HARRELL: yes
- HATCHETT: no
- HICKMAN: no
- HODGES: no
- HUFSTETLER: no
- JACKSON: yes
- JAMES: yes
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: yes
- KEMP: yes
- KENNEDY: no
- KIRKPATRICK: no
- LUCAS: yes
- MALLOW: yes
- MANGHAM: yes
- MCLAURIN: other
- MERRITT: yes
- MOORE: yes
- ORROCK: yes
- PARENT: yes
- PARKES: other
- PAYNE: no
- RAHMAN: yes
- RHETT: yes
- ROBERTSON: no
- SETZLER: no
- SIMS: yes
- STILL: no
- STRICKLAND: no
- SUMMERS: no
- TILLERY: no
- WALKER, III: no
- WATSON: no
- WICKS: yes
- WILLIAMS: no
Senate Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-21 · pass · 34-21
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: yes
- ANAVITARTE: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- BEACH: yes
- BEARDEN: yes
- BRASS: yes
- BURNS: yes
- COWSERT: yes
- DAVENPORT: no
- DIXON: yes
- DOLEZAL: yes
- ECHOLS: yes
- ESTEVES: no
- GINN: yes
- GOOCH: yes
- GOODMAN: yes
- HALPERN: no
- HARBIN: yes
- HARBISON: yes
- HARRELL: no
- HATCHETT: yes
- HICKMAN: yes
- HODGES: yes
- HUFSTETLER: yes
- JACKSON: no
- JAMES: no
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: no
- KEMP: no
- KENNEDY: yes
- KIRKPATRICK: yes
- LUCAS: no
- MALLOW: no
- MANGHAM: no
- MCLAURIN: other
- MERRITT: no
- MOORE: no
- ORROCK: no
- PARENT: no
- PARKES: no
- PAYNE: yes
- RAHMAN: no
- RHETT: no
- ROBERTSON: yes
- SETZLER: yes
- SIMS: no
- STILL: yes
- STRICKLAND: yes
- SUMMERS: yes
- TILLERY: yes
- WALKER, III: yes
- WATSON: yes
- WICKS: no
- WILLIAMS: yes
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