2025-2026 Regular Session

HB1479

Civil practice; certain alleged acts by clergy members; extend statute of limitations

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to specific periods of limitation, so as to extend the statute of limitations for certain alleged acts by clergy members; to provide for liability for certain entities; to provide for the extension of certain claims; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary
Last status date: March 4, 2026
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Judiciary
Author: Gabriel Sanchez
Co-sponsors: Stacey Evans Lisa Campbell Scott Holcomb Mary Ann Santos Tanya Miller

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Committee referrals

March 3, 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.

March 4, 2026
House House Second Readers
March 3, 2026
House House First Readers
February 26, 2026
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2125947
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB1479.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00