---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility Worker Protection Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes against the person, so as to provide for protections for utility workers; to provide for a definition; to provide for enhanced penalties for simple assault, aggravated assault, simple battery, and aggravated battery committed upon utility workers in certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1033"
citation: "Georgia HB 1033 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "David Huddleston", "Farooq Mughal", "Rob Leverett", "Tyler Paul Smith", "Victor Anderson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99c996f8-d34e-4502-84ae-798a3a1c7d01"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "86ac78b0e10f95547be7b4ab1974d9431b7fadab8bd42211e48df9c3e7fb4406"
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 1033 (2023_24) — Utility Worker Protection Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes against the person, so as to provide for protections for utility workers; to provide for a definition; to provide for enhanced penalties for simple assault, aggravated assault, simple battery, and aggravated battery committed upon utility workers in certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1033/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228437.pdf)
2. **LC 48 1073/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221853.pdf)
3. **LC 48 1152S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223731.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1152S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222903.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 48 1264S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226743.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #681 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–2** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #458 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #745 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **160–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
- Victor Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 566 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99c996f8-d34e-4502-84ae-798a3a1c7d01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).