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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Prosecutions; immunity from certain criminal prosecutions against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; provide"
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description: "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."
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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 517"
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citation: "Georgia SB 517 (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: ["Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae71d3ae-5054-4f3e-87ad-6d86113fd6c3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b626a6f5e42cd248ee3794640a621f05eb499a433e6d8096b525fc63ffc36591"
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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 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
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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.
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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 49 1782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224389.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226243.pdf)
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3. **SB 517/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229098.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #619 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **34–17** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #771 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **149–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-16** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-21** House Postponed
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- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-02** Act 545 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-02** 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/ae71d3ae-5054-4f3e-87ad-6d86113fd6c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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