republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-99.md

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Bill	Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-1-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for a definition of law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 99	Georgia SB 99 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)	enacted	Billy Hickman Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Payne Drew Echols John Albers Marty Harbin Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	5	16	3	2025-02-05	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/844b3c45-cbad-44d8-b702-43cd90aba945	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	24ed6de6939f6bb97266ad5d87ef3dcc95302eb111222c1590524bf481c9a529	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 99 (2025_26) — Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-1-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for a definition of law enforcement officer; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 39 4562 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 39 4596S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 56 0388S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 99/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #370 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 152–11 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #55 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #475 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 192 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/844b3c45-cbad-44d8-b702-43cd90aba945. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).