2023-2024 Regular Session • Georgia Legislature
HB1022: Colton-McNeill Act; enact
Legislative Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cruelty to children, so as to enact the "Colton-McNeill Act"; to provide for sentencing of a person convicted of cruelty to children in the first or second degree against a disabled minor; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill History
1/24/2024
House Hopper
House of Representatives
1/25/2024
House First Readers
House of Representatives
1/26/2024
House Second Readers
House of Representatives
2/1/2024
House Committee Favorably Reported
House of Representatives
2/12/2024
House Third Readers
House of Representatives
2/12/2024
House Passed/Adopted
House of Representatives
2/13/2024
Senate Read and Referred
Senate
3/20/2024
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Senate
3/20/2024
Senate Read Second Time
Senate
Roll Call Votes
Passage: House Vote #465
2/12/2024
158
Yea
0
Nay
15
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(2/12/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Sine Die
Sponsors
Republican: 5
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor

Steven Sainz
Republican