Offenses Against Public Order; the disruption of a religious service; prohibit
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 prohibit the disruption of a religious service;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Show all 17 actions
Senate Hopper · Feb 25, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 26, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 3, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 2026
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 6, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 9, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 10, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 25, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 31, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 626 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
17
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Gooch, SteveAnavitarte, JasonWalker, III, LarrySummers, CardenEchols, DrewHatchett, BoRobertson, RandyAlbers, JohnGoodman, RussGinn, FrankBearden, TimothyDixon, ClintStill, ShawnAnderson, LeeWilliams, RickCowsert, BillSilcox, Deborah
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-31 · yea 128, nay 39, notVoting 6, excused 7
PASSAGESenate · 2026-03-06 · yea 39, nay 13, notVoting 1, excused 3
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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