---
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).