republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-44.md

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Bill	Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; mandatory minimum penalties for violations; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for mandatory minimum penalties for violations of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 44	Georgia SB 44 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Carden Summers Clint Dixon Frank Ginn Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Steve Gooch	7	16	5	2023-01-30	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/64e132de-4fc0-4b49-a07e-26fd29f0c98a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c648d93d6855edc00de7de6ba5e83fc74d41433cf6eda2e3c1d9c811ce9afe00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 44 (2023_24) — Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; mandatory minimum penalties for violations; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for mandatory minimum penalties for violations of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; to provide for related matters; 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.

1. As introduced LC 48 0778- EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 48 0816-ECS (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 48 0927-ECS/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 44/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #258 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 99–74 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #33 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 25–28 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #368 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 30–20 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #35 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 31–22 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #34 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 23–30 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-08 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-20 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 29 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64e132de-4fc0-4b49-a07e-26fd29f0c98a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).