| HB 1007 |
Neutral | High Risk Youth Sports Coaches Must Get Safety Training |
Demetrius Douglas |
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2/26/2020 |
House Second Readers |
Health and Human Services |
- | - |
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| This bill requires any organizations that "administer or conduct" high risk youth athletic activities, for kids age 14 and under, on county property to require all unpaid or volunteer coaches and athletics personnel to complete an online or residence course that provides information on measures to reduce the likelihood that youth athletes will sustain serious injuries. High risk activities include the sports of football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, ice or field hockey, cheer leading, rugby, wrestling and lacrosse. |
| HB 1083 |
Negotiating | Require Law Enforcement of Verify Immigration Status Prior to Release |
Jesse Petrea |
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3/9/2020 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
Judiciary - Non-Civil |
- | - |
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| This legislation requires that law enforcement verifiy immigration status of anyone arrested for ICE detain orders. Release of a person who does have detain order can subject the local government to liability for the actions of that person and waives the soverign immunity. |
| HB 1089 |
Evaluating | Tort Reform Bill |
Tom McCall |
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3/5/2020 |
House Second Readers |
Special Committee on Access to the Civil Justice System |
- | - |
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| This bill would make extensive changes to the rules regarding civil lawsuits. |
| HR 1023 |
Neutral | Sovereign Immunity - Waiver for Certain Non-Monetary Claims |
Andrew Welch |
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8/5/2020 |
Effective Date |
Judiciary |
Judiciary |
- |
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| This proposed constitutional amendment would waive governmental sovereign immunity to allow lawsuits against the state, counties, and cities for declaratory judgments for actions allegedly outside the scope of their legal authority or in violation of the Georgia or U.S. Constitutions. As amended in the Senate, courts would be authorized to enforce its rulings via injunction on such declaratory rulings. Damages, attorney's fees, and other monetary costs would not be available under this amendment. Such lawsuits would be against the governmental entity, and could not be brought against individual government officials/employees. Governments would retain all other legal defenses to such lawsuits, such an ante litem notice and time limitations on bringing such actions. If ratified by the voters, the amendment would apply to claims arising on or after January 1, 2021. |
| SB 0415 |
Neutral | Tort Reform Bill |
Steve Gooch |
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3/12/2020 |
Senate Tabled |
- | Insurance and Labor |
- |
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| This bill makes significant changes to procedures and rules of evidence for various civil tort actions, including limiting premises liability claims. |
| SR 0841 |
Neutral | Sovereign Immunity - Waiver for Certain Non-Monetary Claims |
John Kennedy |
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6/22/2020 |
House - House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
Judiciary |
Judiciary |
- |
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| The original version of this proposed constitutional amendment would waive sovereign immunity of the state, counties, and cities to allow person to seek a court declaratory judgment that a government action is beyond the government's authority or violates the state or federal constitutions. As amended in the House, the bill was revised completely and now proposes a constitutional amendment to expand gaming/gambling options. |
