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17 bills for “Torts”.
Torts; prohibit individuals from bringing defamation actions against another individual who makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would bar defamation lawsuits against people who report sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination if they reasonably believed the incident happened, and would let winning defendants recover attorney's fees.
Torts; manufacturers of firearms relative to absence or inclusion of safety features in certain instances; limit liability
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would shield firearm manufacturers from lawsuits over the absence of safety features, like magazine disconnects or loaded chamber indicators, that federal law does not require.
Torts; abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; create a cause of action
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1470 would let Georgia businesses sue people who file website accessibility lawsuits against them under the Americans with Disabilities Act and lose, allowing recovery of damages and attorney fees from both the claimant and their lawyer.
Torts; generative artificial intelligence systems shall constitute personal property for purposes of certain actions for product liability alleging injury to a minor; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let minors and their families sue makers and sellers of generative artificial intelligence systems under product liability law by treating those AI systems as personal property, similar to a defective toy or appliance.
Torts; remedies for deprivation of constitutional rights of state citizens by civil immigration enforcement officers; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let state residents sue civil immigration enforcement officers in state court if those officers violate their constitutional rights, and would let winning plaintiffs recover attorney's fees.
Torts; deprivation of constitutional rights of state citizens by civil immigration enforcement officers; provide remedies
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let state residents sue civil immigration enforcement officers who knowingly violate their constitutional rights, and would let winning plaintiffs collect attorney's fees and, in some cases, punitive damages.
Torts; cause of action against the knowing and unauthorized use of an individual's photograph or image together with representations of nudity or sexually explicit conduct; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let the Attorney General or local prosecutors sue people who knowingly use someone's photo combined with nude or sexually explicit images without permission, with civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation.
Torts; right of action against any person who knowingly or negligently engages in sexually explicit conduct in the presence of a minor; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let minors or their families sue anyone who knowingly or negligently exposes a child to sexually explicit conduct, and would let state agencies fine or revoke licenses of hotels, restaurants, and bars that allow it.
Torts; cause of action for appropriating an individual's indicia of identity; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let people sue anyone who uses their face, voice, or other identifying features without permission, including for training artificial intelligence systems, and would set a minimum $1,000 damages award.
Insurance; transparency and accountability in rates and rate regulation after enactment of tort reform law; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 902 would tighten Georgia's oversight of insurance rate increases after the state's 2025 tort reform law, requiring more examinations, public hearings, and published rate data, while extending state tracking of tort reform's effects on insurance rates through 2035.
Motor vehicles; standards for liability of an employer or insurance provider for actions relating to a commercial vehicle driver; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would limit the evidence that can be used against trucking companies and insurers in lawsuits over commercial driver conduct, restricting how far back driving records and vehicle data can be examined.
Local government; authorities with less than state-wide jurisdiction shall have the same sovereign immunities as provided to counties; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 678 would give local and regional authorities in Georgia, such as hospital or development authorities, the same sovereign immunity from lawsuits that counties already have, capping damages in tort cases.
Donation Without Hesitation Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1049 would expand Georgia's legal protections for people and groups who donate food, shielding donors, gleaners, and charities from lawsuits and criminal charges over food quality unless they acted with gross negligence or worse.
PFAS Receiver Shield Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would shield businesses and other entities that use, receive, or dispose of PFAS chemicals (sometimes called 'forever chemicals') from most lawsuits over PFAS harm, unless a plaintiff can prove gross negligence.
Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 68 rewrites large parts of Georgia's civil lawsuit rules, changing how lawyers can argue pain-and-suffering damages, creating a new legal standard for negligent security lawsuits, letting juries hear evidence of seat belt non-use, and changing what medical bills injured plaintiffs can recover.
Appeal and error; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state or a city or county in this state; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate substitute to HB 531 would rewrite Georgia's rules on suing cities, capping damages, extending the time to file claims, and stripping legal immunity from local governments that violate the state's ban on immigration sanctuary policies or ignore federal detainer requests.
"Pro People, Pro Business Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 223 would make it harder for people hurt by crime on someone else's property in Georgia to sue the property owner, unless they can show the crime was foreseeable and the owner failed to take reasonable safety precautions.