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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide"
+description: "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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 483"
+citation: "Georgia HB 483 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Prince", "Esther Panitch", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Shea Roberts", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-18"
+last_action: "2026-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e0304f5-9dec-4ff4-a2aa-f708d7921123"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3cfaec5044626e4e4cdb7686754d2c8d073147074994fbcea01d959960b8e6a3"
+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 483 (2025_26) — Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide
+
+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.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 483/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247112.pdf)
+2. **LC 48 1484/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232660.pdf)
+3. **LC 48 1558S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235622.pdf)
+4. **LC 48 1558S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235085.pdf)
+5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 48 1663S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240496.pdf)
+6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 49 2400S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238212.pdf)
+7. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 48 0058** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238821.pdf)
+8. **Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 48 0060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238976.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **40–7** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #247 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–5** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #751 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **140–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Prince — primary (person)
+- Esther Panitch — primary (person)
+- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
+- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
+- Shea Roberts — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
+- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-05** Act 380 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e0304f5-9dec-4ff4-a2aa-f708d7921123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+