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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Emergency & Public Safety Signal Protection Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order, so as to prohibit the possession, use, operation, manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution, or import of signal jammers; to specifically authorize the Attorney General to commence forfeiture proceedings; to provide for exemptions; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 470"
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citation: "Georgia SB 470 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CIVIL PRACTICE", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Payne", "Jason T. Dickerson", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Timothy Bearden"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-06"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c77a854-3c36-4672-930d-f7e1a8e0bcf8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6d19941199baff9e82e062fbcb47e84f40821e2a09c66aa040a0690027e9a90f"
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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 470 (2025_26) — "Emergency & Public Safety Signal Protection Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order, so as to prohibit the possession, use, operation, manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution, or import of signal jammers; to specifically authorize the Attorney General to commence forfeiture proceedings; to provide for exemptions; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244377.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 49 2523** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241806.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 49 2658S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243607.pdf)
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4. **LC 64 0103S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246264.pdf)
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5. **SB 470/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248142.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #728 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–3** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #837 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #593 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-06** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 495 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/5c77a854-3c36-4672-930d-f7e1a8e0bcf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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