republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-443.md

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Bill	Abatement of Nuisances; inclusion of claims against promoters and organizers for costs incurred by local governments due to unpermitted events: provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abatement of nuisances generally, so as to provide for inclusion of claims against promoters and organizers for costs incurred by local governments due to unpermitted events in complaints filed on behalf of the public; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 443	Georgia SB 443 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Brian Strickland Clint Dixon Derek Mallow Frank Ginn John Albers Lee Anderson Matt Brass Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Steve Gooch	3	15	2	2024-01-31	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/eb0a78a6-e258-4003-ba8f-37c3ac468bdb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a6eb80fbb7ae47e7975e353d60b2e2a3a1ca2de0a1c3c64b500f3c9e2d1c6274	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 443 (2023_24) — Abatement of Nuisances; inclusion of claims against promoters and organizers for costs incurred by local governments due to unpermitted events: provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abatement of nuisances generally, so as to provide for inclusion of claims against promoters and organizers for costs incurred by local governments due to unpermitted events in complaints filed on behalf of the public; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 44 2582 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 443/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #663 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–4 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #503 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Act 374 executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb0a78a6-e258-4003-ba8f-37c3ac468bdb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).