Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to provide for protections for inspectors of code enforcement;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to provide for protections for inspectors of code enforcement; to provide for definitions; to provide for enhanced penalties for simple assault, aggravated assault, simple battery, battery, and aggravated battery committed upon inspectors of code enforcement in certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 18, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 19, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 20, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 4, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 10, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 13, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 18, 2025
Senate Recommitted · Mar 28, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Jan 28, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 12, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 12, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 23, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 6, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 5, 2026
Act 380 · May 5, 2026
Effective Date · May 5, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2026-03-23 · yea 140, nay 26, notVoting 7, excused 7
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-12 · yea 40, nay 7, notVoting 3, excused 6
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-06 · yea 168, nay 5, notVoting 4, excused 3
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