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| Bill | Utility Worker Protection Act; enact | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes against the person, so as to provide for protections for utility workers; to provide for a definition; to provide for enhanced penalties for simple assault, aggravated assault, simple battery, and aggravated battery committed upon utility workers in certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2023_24 | HB 1033 | Georgia HB 1033 (2023_24) |
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5 | 16 | 3 | 2024-01-25 | 2024-05-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/99c996f8-d34e-4502-84ae-798a3a1c7d01 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 86ac78b0e10f95547be7b4ab1974d9431b7fadab8bd42211e48df9c3e7fb4406 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 1033 (2023_24) — Utility Worker Protection Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes against the person, so as to provide for protections for utility workers; to provide for a definition; to provide for enhanced penalties for simple assault, aggravated assault, simple battery, and aggravated battery committed upon utility workers in certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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.
- HB 1033/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 1073/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 1152S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 1152S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen Ctee sub LC 48 1264S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #681 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–2 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #458 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 161–0 (pass) · lower
- House Vote #745 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 160–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
- Victor Anderson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-25 House Hopper
introduction - 2024-01-26 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2024-01-29 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2024-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-02-12 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2024-02-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2024-02-13 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2024-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-11 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2024-03-18 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2024-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2024-03-21 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2024-05-06 Act 566
executive-signature - 2024-05-06 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99c996f8-d34e-4502-84ae-798a3a1c7d01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).