republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-517.md

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Bill	Criminal Prosecutions; immunity from certain criminal prosecutions against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to justification and excuse under defenses to criminal prosecutions, so as to provide for immunity from certain criminal prosecutions against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding defenses to tort actions, so as to provide for immunity from civil liability against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 517	Georgia SB 517 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Randy Robertson	3	18	2	2024-02-16	2024-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/ae71d3ae-5054-4f3e-87ad-6d86113fd6c3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b626a6f5e42cd248ee3794640a621f05eb499a433e6d8096b525fc63ffc36591	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 517 (2023_24) — Criminal Prosecutions; immunity from certain criminal prosecutions against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to justification and excuse under defenses to criminal prosecutions, so as to provide for immunity from certain criminal prosecutions against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding defenses to tort actions, so as to provide for immunity from civil liability against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 49 1782 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 517/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #619 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 34–17 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #771 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 149–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Randy Robertson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 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 passage
• 2024-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Postponed
• 2024-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Act 545 executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae71d3ae-5054-4f3e-87ad-6d86113fd6c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).