---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; strangulation as aggravated assault; add provisions"
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 add provisions regarding strangulation as an aggravated assault; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings, so as to fix cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 911"
citation: "Georgia HB 911 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "B.J. Pak", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Regina Quick", "Rich Golick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63958813-9e5e-489c-bb75-6f1563153201"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f448346a5d17b5f9ad7d3a4f62455b1db1f513b5510535b0a0a284f729cc55c1"
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 911 (2013_14) — Crimes and offenses; strangulation as aggravated assault; add provisions

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 add provisions regarding strangulation as an aggravated assault; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile proceedings, so as to fix cross-references; 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 911/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143095.pdf)
2. **HB 911/FA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140732.pdf)
3. **LC 34 4012ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138788.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-04** House Hopper
- **2014-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-20** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Act 576 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63958813-9e5e-489c-bb75-6f1563153201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).