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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Aviation; prohibit operation of unmanned aircraft systems over a place of incarceration"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding aviation, so as to prohibit the operation of unmanned aircraft systems over a place of incarceration; to provide for a definition; to provide for exceptions; to require posting of signs warning of such prohibition; to provide for violations and penalties; to declare such systems contraband; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1230"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1230 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AVIATION", "PENAL INSTITUTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brad Thomas", "Clint Crowe", "Eddie Lumsden", "Todd Jones"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26fcece6-3f73-49bc-a1b9-9ce52bb62d1c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b098b444b2079f76ba8c5ea508c9b2b0df38a1087148affdafd5fbe8fd76a643"
+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 1230 (2025_26) — Aviation; prohibit operation of unmanned aircraft systems over a place of incarceration
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding aviation, so as to prohibit the operation of unmanned aircraft systems over a place of incarceration; to provide for a definition; to provide for exceptions; to require posting of signs warning of such prohibition; to provide for violations and penalties; to declare such systems contraband; 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 1230/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248116.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 4917/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241852.pdf)
+3. **LC 64 0073S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244938.pdf)
+4. **LC 64 0073S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243661.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #593 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–2** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #869 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
+- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-05** Act 388 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26fcece6-3f73-49bc-a1b9-9ce52bb62d1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+