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Bill Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; revise A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to revise provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; to provide for the offenses of interfering with or harming a public safety animal or search and rescue animal; to provide for definitions; to provide for punishment; to provide for applicability; to provide for restitution; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2023_24 SB 155 Georgia SB 155 (2023_24)
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Brian Strickland
Chuck Payne
Harold Jones II
John Albers
Kay Kirkpatrick
Lee Anderson
Max Burns
Mike Dugan
Randy Robertson
Shawn Still
Valencia Seay
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Georgia SB 155 (2023_24) — Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to revise provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; to provide for the offenses of interfering with or harming a public safety animal or search and rescue animal; to provide for definitions; to provide for punishment; to provide for applicability; to provide for restitution; 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. As introduced LC 39 3743 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee sub LC 39 3805S (committee substitute) — source
  4. Floor amend 1 AM 39 0342 (committee substitute) — source
  5. LC 39 3891S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB 155/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #324 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1680 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #136 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 4114 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #345 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 4312 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brian Strickland — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Harold Jones II — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Lee Anderson — primary (person)
  • Max Burns — primary (person)
  • Mike Dugan — primary (person)
  • Randy Robertson — primary (person)
  • Shawn Still — primary (person)
  • Valencia Seay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-13 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2023-02-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2023-02-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-21 House Postponed
  • 2023-03-23 House Postponed
  • 2023-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2023-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2023-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-04-26 Act 35 executive-signature
  • 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11df3aec-e412-4ea2-aa36-02ec03fb4f7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).