republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-465.md

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Bill	Homicide; the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homicide, so as to provide for the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the offense; to provide for penalties; to prohibit the sentencing court from suspending, probating, deferring, or withholding any portion of the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment; to prohibit merger; to provide for an exception; to provide for burden of proof; 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 465	Georgia SB 465 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	5	17	3	2024-02-07	2024-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/ea5e985b-ddc0-405f-a52d-359fe2fb21a5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9d9ecb6dee1f1596a8e9180ad8573eed6050bcd79190966e153107f2c439b515	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 465 (2023_24) — Homicide; the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homicide, so as to provide for the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the offense; to provide for penalties; to prohibit the sentencing court from suspending, probating, deferring, or withholding any portion of the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment; to prohibit merger; to provide for an exception; to provide for burden of proof; 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 49 1749 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 49 1824S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1288S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 465/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #698 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #722 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 175–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #574 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–3 (pass) · 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)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — 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)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 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
• 2024-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-20 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2024-03-20 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-30 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-30 Act 504 executive-signature
• 2024-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea5e985b-ddc0-405f-a52d-359fe2fb21a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).