---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; issuance of a temporary or permanent protective order by the court; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-94 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restraining orders and protective orders, so as to provide for the issuance of a temporary or permanent protective order by the court; 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 302"
citation: "Georgia HB 302 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Deborah Silcox", "Lehman Franklin", "Tanya Miller", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b032c2c8-9685-419f-91f3-adb9ad41d5bc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "beeb08adc8d4bdf8d6d640c354fc437db6f1576a0e1ee24705f53c012ec5ee20"
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 302 (2023_24) — Crimes and offenses; issuance of a temporary or permanent protective order by the court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-94 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restraining orders and protective orders, so as to provide for the issuance of a temporary or permanent protective order by the court; 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 302/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220262.pdf)
2. **LC 48 0815/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214026.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #140 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #361 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
- Tanya Miller — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Act 258 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b032c2c8-9685-419f-91f3-adb9ad41d5bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).