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GA SB488

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

3/24/2010

Primary Sponsor

Bill Cowsert

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Origin

Senate

2009-2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends the Georgia Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act (Article 5, Chapter 12, Title 9 of the O.C.G.A.) to add a new ground for refusing to recognize foreign country judgments in defamation cases
  • Foreign defamation judgments shall not be recognized unless a Georgia court first determines that the foreign jurisdiction's defamation law provided at least as much protection for freedom of speech and press as the U.S. Constitution and the Georgia Constitution
  • Grants Georgia courts personal jurisdiction over any person who obtains a foreign defamation judgment against a Georgia resident, a person amenable to Georgia jurisdiction, a person with assets in Georgia, or a person who may need to act in Georgia to comply with the judgment
  • Applies to foreign defamation judgments rendered on or after July 1, 2010
  • Sponsored by Senators Cowsert (46th), Harp (29th), and Hamrick (30th); passed the Senate

Legislative Description

Georgia Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act; not recognize foreign judgments in defamation actions

Last Action

House Conference Committee Appointed

4/29/2010

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/26/2010
Judiciary3/16/2010

Full Bill Text

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