Offenses Against Public Order; the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages; increase
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order, so as to increase the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Senate Hopper · Jan 29, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 2, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 20, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 24, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 3, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 3, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 4, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 6, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 19, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 23, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 23, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 512 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
18
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Summers, CardenAlbers, JohnDixon, ClintHickman, BillyGinn, FrankStrickland, BrianDickerson, Jason T.Williams, RickRobertson, RandyAnavitarte, JasonAnderson, LeeBearden, TimothyHodges, MikeBurns, MaxEchols, DrewGooch, SteveGoodman, RussWilliams, Jr., Noel
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-23 · yea 96, nay 69, notVoting 5, excused 10
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-03 · yea 35, nay 17, notVoting 2, excused 2
ADOPTION OF AMEND #1A BY SEN FROM THE 19TH TO AMEND #1 BY SEN FROM THE 50THSenate · 2026-03-03 · yea 37, nay 14, notVoting 3, excused 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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