Safe at Home Act; enact
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, so as to provide for a duty of habitability for certain rental agreements; to provide for an exception to such duty; to provide for an exception to landlord tort liability; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice; to provide for a maximum security deposit amount; to provide for expedited evictions for certain criminal activity; to provide for a short title; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Feb 14, 2023
Signed Apr 22, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2024 · House Mar 2, 2023
How they voted
39–2
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 50
Mar 21, 2024
D
Democratic21
66% Yea
R
Republican29
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 22, 2024
Signed into law
Act 392
upper
Apr 22, 2024
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Introduced
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Senate Recommitted
upper
Mar 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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