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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to revise provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; to provide for the offenses of interfering with or harming a public safety animal or search and rescue animal; to provide for definitions; to provide for punishment; to provide for applicability; to provide for restitution; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "SB 155"
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citation: "Georgia SB 155 (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: ["Brian Strickland", "Chuck Payne", "Harold Jones II", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Shawn Still", "Valencia Seay"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-13"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11df3aec-e412-4ea2-aa36-02ec03fb4f7a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "10512d32795bc54935b6f1408520c9f26b26d1087c4619d4570cd037680efcf7"
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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 SB 155 (2023_24) — Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to revise provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; to provide for the offenses of interfering with or harming a public safety animal or search and rescue animal; to provide for definitions; to provide for punishment; to provide for applicability; to provide for restitution; 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. **As introduced LC 39 3743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214453.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216994.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 39 3805S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215743.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 39 0342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216981.pdf)
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5. **LC 39 3891S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218136.pdf)
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6. **SB 155/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220195.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #324 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #136 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **41–14** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #345 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **43–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** House Postponed
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- **2023-03-23** House Postponed
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- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-26** Act 35 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/11df3aec-e412-4ea2-aa36-02ec03fb4f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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