republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-668.md

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Bill	Crimes and offenses; change references to assistance and guide dogs to service dogs	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16, Chapter 4 of Title 30, and Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, rights of persons with disabilities, and uniform rules of the road, respectively, so as to change references to assistance and guide dogs to service dogs; to provide for definitions and conforming changes; to provide for a criminal penalty for a person who causes death or physical harm to a service dog; to provide for exceptions; to revise provisions relating to the use and training of service dogs; to provide for a penalty for persons who misrepresent the need for a service dog; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 668	Georgia HB 668 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE) HANDICAPPED PERSONS MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC	enacted	Brad Thomas Dale Washburn Darlene Taylor Derrick McCollum Devan Seabaugh Katie Dempsey	9	20	4	2025-02-27	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/21743ee5-ef64-4d62-b9e0-3e43a6c2a910	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3fdb70d31cb28de44da8f19cc139adc1a7074fc647027741926e52dcbf8293d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 668 (2025_26) — Crimes and offenses; change references to assistance and guide dogs to service dogs

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16, Chapter 4 of Title 30, and Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, rights of persons with disabilities, and uniform rules of the road, respectively, so as to change references to assistance and guide dogs to service dogs; to provide for definitions and conforming changes; to provide for a criminal penalty for a person who causes death or physical harm to a service dog; to provide for exceptions; to revise provisions relating to the use and training of service dogs; to provide for a penalty for persons who misrepresent the need for a service dog; 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. HB 668/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 46 1003/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 46 2001S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 46 2005S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 46 2005S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 668 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee Sub LC 63 0154S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 63 0029 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #848 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 26–22 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #811 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #673 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brad Thomas — primary (person)
• Dale Washburn — primary (person)
• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
• Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-27 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-03 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2026-03-27 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 440 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21743ee5-ef64-4d62-b9e0-3e43a6c2a910. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).