2025-2026 Regular SessionGeorgia Legislature

HB483: Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide

Legislative Summary

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 date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Bill History

2/18/2025
House Hopper
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
House First Readers
House of Representatives
2/20/2025
House Second Readers
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
House Third Readers
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
Senate Read and Referred
Senate
3/13/2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
Senate
3/18/2025
Senate Read Second Time
Senate
3/28/2025
Senate Recommitted
Senate
3/31/2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Senate
4/2/2025
Senate Tabled
Senate

Amendments

Floor Amendment

Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 48 0058

4/2/2025Not Adopted

Floor Amendment

Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 48 0060

4/2/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Passage: House Vote #247
3/6/2025
168
Yea
5
Nay
4
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(3/6/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text4/1/202573.4 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text3/6/202577.2 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text3/4/202576.4 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/19/202577.1 KB