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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; offense of criminal interference with critical infrastructure; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for the offense of criminal interference with critical infrastructure; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to amend Code Sections 35-2-36, 42-8-35.4, and 43-34-10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to composition of battalion, rank of battalion personnel, employment of recruits or cadets by commissioner, promulgation of rules and regulations as to enlistment and training of recruits or cadets, confinement in probation detention center, and notification of conviction, respectively, so as to provide for conforming cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "Georgia HB 227 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "David Huddleston", "James Burchett", "Rob Leverett", "Tyler Paul Smith", "Victor Anderson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3241ef09-0741-4444-9fa6-75839344ea3a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8359ac480fb3601dfb577632fe747cd5db1ba2b11b1407bb796af1cf2cdda37b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 227 (2023_24) — Crimes and offenses; offense of criminal interference with critical infrastructure; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for the offense of criminal interference with critical infrastructure; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to amend Code Sections 35-2-36, 42-8-35.4, and 43-34-10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to composition of battalion, rank of battalion personnel, employment of recruits or cadets by commissioner, promulgation of rules and regulations as to enlistment and training of recruits or cadets, confinement in probation detention center, and notification of conviction, respectively, so as to provide for conforming cross-references; 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. **HB 227/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220443.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0871S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216276.pdf)
3. **LC 48 0787/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213600.pdf)
4. **LC 48 0871S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216757.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 2365S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218400.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #352 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #139 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #304 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- James Burchett — 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.
- **2023-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Act 30 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3241ef09-0741-4444-9fa6-75839344ea3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).