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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; assault and battery; increase the punishment committed upon hospital emergency department and medical services personnel"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to increase the punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon hospital emergency department personnel and emergency medical services personnel; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 979"
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citation: "Georgia HB 979 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "Debbie Buckner", "Jodi Lott", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Rich Golick", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-10"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e81976c0-8691-4e79-845d-f71aaf687ef3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "06c7959fa0f28e6c42bf07cf04c9b3c19ce1c309264c22e631b069dd857a1b04"
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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 979 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; assault and battery; increase the punishment committed upon hospital emergency department and medical services personnel
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to increase the punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon hospital emergency department personnel and emergency medical services personnel; to provide for related matters; 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 979/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160808.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 6447/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157124.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **147–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Rich Golick — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-10** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-28** Act 492 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/e81976c0-8691-4e79-845d-f71aaf687ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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