Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1185: Courts; certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; provide
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 14 and 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to corporations, partnerships, and associations and courts, respectively, so as to provide for certain shareholder claims to be brought before the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to permit a corporation's bylaws or articles of incorporation to require certain claims to be heard by the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for removal of certain claims to the Georgia State-wide Business Court; to provide for attorney's fees and costs; to exempt payment of attorney's fees and costs in certain situations; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
26 Sen Floor Amend 2A MOOT Senator McNeel of the 18th offered the following amendment #2A: Amend Senate amendment #2 (AM 49 0325) to HB 1185 (LC 62 0291-EC) by: AM 49 0325 amend as follows: Strike line 10 through 18 Line 33 strike (a) and insert (b) Line 38 strike (b) and insert (c) Line 33 insert a new subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) Notwithstanding any Code Section to the contrary for claims brought under this Code Section, when actions involving a common question of law or fact are pending before the Court, the Court may order a joint hearing or trial of any or all the matters in issue in the actions, it may order all the actions consolidated; and it may make such orders concerning proceedings therein as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or delays
Sponsors
- Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050) · primary sponsor
- Chuck Efstration (R, 104) · primary sponsor
- Matthew Gambill (R, 15)
- (R, 9)