Georgia House Bill 434 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-26 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campus policemen, so as to provide that a campus policeman who is employed by a private educational institution of higher learning and who commits a tort while acting within the scope of his or her official duties or employment or authorized law enforcement powers shall not be subject to lawsuit or liability therefor; to provide for a definition; to provide for an exemption; to provide for liability to a private educational institution of higher learning employing such campus policeman; to provide for limitations on amounts of damages for such liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; campus policeman who is employed by a private educational institution of higher learning and who commits a tort while acting within the scope of official duties shall not be subject to lawsuit or liability; provide

Rep. Bill Hitchens [R]	Rep. Ron Stephens [R]	Rep. Jesse Petrea [R]	Rep. Eddie Lumsden [R]
Rep. Kevin Tanner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-26	House	House Second Readers
2019-02-25	House	House First Readers
2019-02-22	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55317
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/182459