republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-493.md

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Bill	Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; additional penalties for registered sexual offenders; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the sexual offender risk review board, so as to provide for additional penalties for registered sexual offenders convicted of photographing a minor without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian; to provide that such persons are prohibited from possessing, owning, or operating an unmanned aircraft system with the intent to photograph, observe, follow, or contact any person without his or her consent; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 493	Georgia SB 493 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Ed Setzler Greg Dolezal John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	6	18	3	2024-02-12	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7de13d90-3802-4973-98ef-f5ac80ba2d66	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7bb02a21930e17a24e41923db2f1b921592266f77d5f2da82fa416b7fc99fbbf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 493 (2023_24) — Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; additional penalties for registered sexual offenders; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the sexual offender risk review board, so as to provide for additional penalties for registered sexual offenders convicted of photographing a minor without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian; to provide that such persons are prohibited from possessing, owning, or operating an unmanned aircraft system with the intent to photograph, observe, follow, or contact any person without his or her consent; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for 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.

1. As introduced LC 57 0030 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 49 1847S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 48 1300S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 493/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #719 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #608 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #845 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-02-12 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Senate Tabled
• 2024-02-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-02-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 426 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7de13d90-3802-4973-98ef-f5ac80ba2d66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).