Georgia Senate Bill 234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Passed on May 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-10 - Effective Date 2021-07-01
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, so as to provide for uniform laws governing mediation and participants in mediation; to provide for definitions; to provide for privileges against disclosure, admissibility, and discovery; to provide for waiver and preclusion of privilege; to provide for exceptions to privilege; to provide for confidentiality and mediator disclosure of conflicts; to provide for international commercial mediation and electronic signatures; to provide for uniformity of construction and severability; to provide for applicability; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

"Georgia Uniform Mediation Act"; enact

Sen. John Kennedy [R]	Sen. Brian Strickland [R]	Sen. Elena Parent [D]	Sen. Harold Jones [D]
Sen. Ben Watson [R]	Rep. Rob Leverett [R]

2021-03-25 - House - Passage: House Vote #298 (Y: 159 N: 6 NV: 7 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2021-03-08 - Senate - Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #178 (Y: 49 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-10		Effective Date 2021-07-01
2021-05-10		Act 268
2021-05-10	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2021-04-07	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2021-03-25	House	House Passed/Adopted
2021-03-25	House	House Third Readers
2021-03-18	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2021-03-10	House	House Second Readers
2021-03-09	House	House First Readers
2021-03-08	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2021-03-08	Senate	Senate Third Read
2021-03-08	Senate	Senate Taken from Table
2021-03-08	Senate	Senate Tabled
2021-03-05	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2021-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2021-02-23	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2021-02-22	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59965
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/198395
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/199352
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/200003
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/201517
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59965#18484
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59965#18623