Georgia Senate Bill 428

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for a cap on damages recoverable against foster parents in personal injury actions involving the use of a motor vehicle by a child where the liability of the foster parent is based solely upon application of the family-purpose car doctrine or the negligent entrustment doctrine; to provide that such cap shall be the policy limits of the applicable motor vehicle liability insurance coverage, subject to conditions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Torts; a cap on damages recoverable against foster parents in personal injury actions involving the use of a motor vehicle by a child; provide

Sen. Blake Tillery [R]	Sen. Frank Ginn [R]	Sen. Ed Setzler [R]	Sen. Chuck Hufstetler [R]
Sen. Max Burns [R]	Sen. John Albers [R]	Sen. John Kennedy [R]	Sen. Jason Anavitarte [R]
Sen. Ben Watson [R]	Sen. Sam Watson [R]	Sen. Chuck Payne [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2024-01-30	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/66501
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/222377