2025-2026 Regular Session

HB1163

Health Care Homestead Protection Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recovery in medical malpractice actions, so as to provide for an exemption in medical malpractice actions for the primary residences of health care providers; to provide for exceptions; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary
Last status date: February 5, 2026
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Judiciary
Author: Matt Reeves
Co-sponsors: Lee Hawkins Mark Newton James Hatchett Michelle Au Demetrius Douglas

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Committee referrals

February 4, 2026 · House

Judiciary

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 5, 2026
House House Second Readers
February 4, 2026
House House First Readers
February 3, 2026
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2106692
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB1163.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00