republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-443.md

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Bill	Offenses Against Public Order; the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages; increase	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order, so as to increase the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages; to provide for enhanced punishment in certain instances; to authorize civil liability for damages; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 443	Georgia SB 443 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)	enacted	Billy Hickman Brian Strickland Carden Summers Clint Dixon Drew Echols Frank Ginn Jason Anavitarte Jason T. Dickerson John Albers Lee Anderson Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	6	15	3	2026-01-29	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1c0a2663-7d82-4ae0-a6c5-796dfcf7a902	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	59f5720dc0f19d9c9ccc3f43ae8a3ff7d952b7ee6f97c68d091c8c16eb836da1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 443 (2025_26) — Offenses Against Public Order; the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages; increase

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order, so as to increase the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages; to provide for enhanced punishment in certain instances; to authorize civil liability for damages; 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 4870 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 49 2642S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 443/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #606 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 35–17 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #752 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 96–69 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #605 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 37–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — 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)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 512 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c0a2663-7d82-4ae0-a6c5-796dfcf7a902. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).