republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-421.md

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Bill	Obstruction of Public Administration; offense of transmitting a false public alarm; enhance penalties	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obstruction of public administration and related offenses, so as to enhance penalties for the offense of transmitting a false public alarm; to revise restitution provisions for such offense; to provide for and revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 421	Georgia SB 421 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon David Lucas Derek Mallow Ed Setzler Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte Jason Esteves John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Sheikh Rahman Shelly Echols Sonya Halpern Tonya Anderson	6	16	3	2024-01-29	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e30fb50b-0e3d-4b05-9cee-4207660e0eee	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7227ed678117f87a44f0704e7c7f0287d3d20cdf7c5827e7d6bff1654b12bed3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 421 (2023_24) — Obstruction of Public Administration; offense of transmitting a false public alarm; enhance penalties

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obstruction of public administration and related offenses, so as to enhance penalties for the offense of transmitting a false public alarm; to revise restitution provisions for such offense; to provide for and revise definitions; 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 4030 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 49 1792S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 47 1274S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 421/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #669 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #578 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #685 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 162–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-07 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-14 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 512 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e30fb50b-0e3d-4b05-9cee-4207660e0eee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).