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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to provide for protections for inspectors of code enforcement; to provide for definitions; to provide for enhanced penalties for simple assault, aggravated assault, simple battery, battery, and aggravated battery committed upon inspectors of code enforcement in certain circumstances; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 483"
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citation: "Georgia HB 483 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Prince", "Esther Panitch", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Shea Roberts", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e0304f5-9dec-4ff4-a2aa-f708d7921123"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3cfaec5044626e4e4cdb7686754d2c8d073147074994fbcea01d959960b8e6a3"
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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 483 (2025_26) — Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to provide for protections for inspectors of code enforcement; to provide for definitions; to provide for enhanced penalties for simple assault, aggravated assault, simple battery, battery, and aggravated battery committed upon inspectors of code enforcement in certain circumstances; 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. **HB 483/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247112.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 1484/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232660.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1558S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235622.pdf)
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4. **LC 48 1558S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235085.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 48 1663S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240496.pdf)
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6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 49 2400S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238212.pdf)
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7. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 48 0058** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238821.pdf)
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8. **Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 48 0060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238976.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **40–7** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #247 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–5** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #751 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **140–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Esther Panitch — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Shea Roberts — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 380 `executive-signature`
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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/5e0304f5-9dec-4ff4-a2aa-f708d7921123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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