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type: "Bill"
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title: "Safer Hospitals Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the O.C.G., relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon emergency health workers and healthcare workers located on a hospital campus; to provide for a definition; to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 383"
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citation: "Georgia HB 383 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Farooq Mughal", "Matt Reeves", "Scott Holcomb", "Stacey Evans", "Stan Gunter"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1a3aec6-2ea1-46b8-8db7-d3bfc84e788e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "82172c5d85884db5e55daa8dc911caeba915b48972dbd973d2ed3b2b5648413c"
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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 383 (2023_24) — Safer Hospitals Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the O.C.G., relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon emergency health workers and healthcare workers located on a hospital campus; to provide for a definition; to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 383/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219452.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 1210/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214601.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 1389S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217147.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 1389S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216732.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #293 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–2** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #185 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** Act 224 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** 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/e1a3aec6-2ea1-46b8-8db7-d3bfc84e788e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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