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type: "Bill"
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title: "Park rangers; any person obstructing or hindering the lawful discharge of official duties; prohibit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obstruction of public administration and related offenses, so as to provide a definition; to prohibit any person from knowingly and willfully obstructing or hindering any park ranger in the lawful discharge of such park ranger's official duties; to prohibit any person from knowingly and willfully resisting, obstructing, or opposing any park ranger in the lawful discharge of such park ranger's official duties by offering or doing violence to the person of such park ranger; to provide for penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 126"
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citation: "Georgia HB 126 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carl Rogers", "Geoff Duncan", "Kevin Tanner", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Hamilton", "Mike Dudgeon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-28"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc7fdc6a-33c7-4f20-b0dd-05c3bf35c4d8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "50e5a269388b4dd47c13f37d96a6b6972f1e305db77a1257ebb49c4b32382363"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 126 (2013_14) — Park rangers; any person obstructing or hindering the lawful discharge of official duties; prohibit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obstruction of public administration and related offenses, so as to provide a definition; to prohibit any person from knowingly and willfully obstructing or hindering any park ranger in the lawful discharge of such park ranger's official duties; to prohibit any person from knowingly and willfully resisting, obstructing, or opposing any park ranger in the lawful discharge of such park ranger's official duties by offering or doing violence to the person of such park ranger; to provide for penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 126/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135380.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 6497/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128867.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 5482S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131716.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 5482S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131170.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
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- Geoff Duncan — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
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- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-28** House Hopper
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- **2013-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 199 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc7fdc6a-33c7-4f20-b0dd-05c3bf35c4d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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