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3.8 KiB
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| Bill | Crimes and offenses; assault and battery; increase the punishment committed upon hospital emergency department and medical services personnel | 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 and related offenses against persons, so as to increase the punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon hospital emergency department personnel and emergency medical services personnel; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2015_16 | HB 979 | Georgia HB 979 (2015_16) |
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2 | 15 | 1 | 2016-02-10 | 2016-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/e81976c0-8691-4e79-845d-f71aaf687ef3 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 06c7959fa0f28e6c42bf07cf04c9b3c19ce1c309264c22e631b069dd857a1b04 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 979 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; assault and battery; increase the punishment committed upon hospital emergency department and medical services personnel
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 and related offenses against persons, so as to increase the punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon hospital emergency department personnel and emergency medical services personnel; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 147–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-02-10 House Hopper
- 2016-02-11 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2016-02-16 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2016-02-23 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2016-02-26 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2016-02-26 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2016-02-29 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2016-03-15 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2016-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2016-04-28 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2016-04-28 Act 492
executive-signature - 2016-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e81976c0-8691-4e79-845d-f71aaf687ef3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).