---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic relations; dating violence protective orders; revise a definition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13A of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dating violence protective orders, so as to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1452"
citation: "Georgia HB 1452 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bee Nguyen", "Houston Gaines", "Josh McLaurin", "Micah Gravley", "Steven Sainz", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e3d2cd-ca65-4080-b9e6-cedcc7b210af"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e839891e7b3cdc34cb4146d4f14b4612f5cf7a7dd685f121741cd957ec424041"
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 1452 (2021_22) — Domestic relations; dating violence protective orders; revise a definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13A of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dating violence protective orders, so as to revise a definition; 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 1452/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211170.pdf)
2. **LC 28 0448/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207603.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **156–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** House Hopper
- **2022-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 784 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36e3d2cd-ca65-4080-b9e6-cedcc7b210af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).