2025-2026 Regular Session

HB1311

Survivor Civil Protection Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 9 and Chapter 6 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to court and litigation costs and damages and costs generally, respectively, so as to prohibit courts from awarding attorney's fees to defendants who have been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a sexual offense when the plaintiff is the victim of such offense; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary
Last status date: February 18, 2026
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Judiciary
Author: Mary Ann Santos
Co-sponsors: Omari Crawford Terry Cummings

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Committee referrals

February 17, 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 18, 2026
House House Second Readers
February 17, 2026
House House First Readers
February 12, 2026
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2116250
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB1311.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00