---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stalking; eligibility for restraining orders; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise the eligibility for restraining orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Georgia SB 83 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Harold Jones II", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6996e70-035d-46df-9739-286161cc69ff"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1965eee7849db9351db5c7ef36b59f7e6657b5094929188f8b181082bec876ae"
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 SB 83 (2023_24) — Stalking; eligibility for restraining orders; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise the eligibility for restraining orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for 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. **As introduced LC 55 0007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213545.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216325.pdf)
3. **LC 48 1314S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228390.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1320S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228521.pdf)
5. **SB 83/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229526.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #842 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #773 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #93 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 415 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6996e70-035d-46df-9739-286161cc69ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).