---
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).