Georgia House Bill 674 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-18 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 21 of Title 50, Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 23, and Code Section 36-33-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waiver of sovereign immunity as to actions ex contractu and state tort claims, conventional quia timet, and a municipal corporation's immunity from liability for damages and the waiver of immunity by the purchase of liability insurance, respectively, so as to provide for waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

State government; waiver of sovereign immunity for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief under certain circumstances; provide

Rep. Wendell Willard [R]	Rep. Christian Coomer [R]	Rep. Johnnie Caldwell [R]	Rep. Earl Ehrhart [R]
Rep. Edward Stephens [D]	Rep. John Meadows [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-18	House	House Second Readers
2018-01-11	House	House First Readers
2018-01-10	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51999
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/171005