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| Bill | Safer Hospitals Act; enact | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the O.C.G., relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon emergency health workers and healthcare workers located on a hospital campus; to provide for a definition; to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2023_24 | HB 383 | Georgia HB 383 (2023_24) |
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4 | 17 | 2 | 2023-02-14 | 2023-05-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/e1a3aec6-2ea1-46b8-8db7-d3bfc84e788e | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 82172c5d85884db5e55daa8dc911caeba915b48972dbd973d2ed3b2b5648413c | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 383 (2023_24) — Safer Hospitals Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the O.C.G., relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon emergency health workers and healthcare workers located on a hospital campus; to provide for a definition; to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health; to provide for a short title; 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.
- HB 383/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 1210/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 1389S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 1389S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #293 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 46–2 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #185 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-14 House Hopper
introduction - 2023-02-15 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2023-02-16 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2023-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-06 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2023-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2023-03-07 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2023-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-20 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2023-03-23 Senate Tabled
- 2023-03-23 Senate Taken from Table
- 2023-03-23 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2023-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2023-03-30 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-02 Act 224
executive-signature - 2023-05-02 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1a3aec6-2ea1-46b8-8db7-d3bfc84e788e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).