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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; offense of arson of law enforcement vehicle; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arson and explosives, so as to provide for the offense of arson of a law enforcement vehicle; to provide for a penalty; to amend Code Section 17-6-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when offenses bailable, procedure, schedule of bails, and appeal bonds, so as to include the offense of arson of a law enforcement vehicle; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 500"
+citation: "Georgia HB 500 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Lauren Daniel", "Matt Reeves", "Mike Cheokas", "Scott Hilton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-21"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/318c0b7b-02ca-48ff-92ec-27b33f08bdd0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5355f1c193f7b857fe271bbcd61a37ae9780ff3502dfb4eba93424dd1831ec89"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 500 (2023_24) — Crimes and offenses; offense of arson of law enforcement vehicle; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arson and explosives, so as to provide for the offense of arson of a law enforcement vehicle; to provide for a penalty; to amend Code Section 17-6-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when offenses bailable, procedure, schedule of bails, and appeal bonds, so as to include the offense of arson of a law enforcement vehicle; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 500/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229259.pdf)
+2. **LC 48 0852/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215313.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #113 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **100–69** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #827 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **36–18** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Lauren Daniel — primary (person)
+- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
+- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
+- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
+- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-02** Act 547 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/318c0b7b-02ca-48ff-92ec-27b33f08bdd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+