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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; transmitting a false alarm; revise offense"
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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 revise the offense of transmitting a false alarm; to provide for the offense of making an unlawful request for emergency service assistance; to provide for definitions; to provide for criminal penalties; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 118"
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citation: "Georgia HB 118 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Marc Morris", "Marcus Wiedower", "Micah Gravley", "Wes Cantrell"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-30"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68806086-d623-4cfa-bc4a-f18d4dbbdfa9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e37679eea9f8aea63acfc5c5e90850d73e7f5f3e2650553ff13f47139cc9407c"
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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 118 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; transmitting a false alarm; revise offense
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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 revise the offense of transmitting a false alarm; to provide for the offense of making an unlawful request for emergency service assistance; to provide for definitions; to provide for criminal penalties; 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 118/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187559.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1631/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180171.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 1894S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184076.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 1894S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183679.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 2021S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185967.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **151–20** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Marc Morris — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-30** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-28** Act 73 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/68806086-d623-4cfa-bc4a-f18d4dbbdfa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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