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Bill Offenses Against Public Order; the disruption of a religious service; prohibit 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 disruption of a religious service; to provide for enhanced penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 SB 591 Georgia SB 591 (2025_26)
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CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)
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Bill Cowsert
Bo Hatchett
Carden Summers
Clint Dixon
Drew Echols
Frank Ginn
Jason Anavitarte
John Albers
Larry Walker, III
Lee Anderson
Randy Robertson
Rick Williams
Russ Goodman
Shawn Still
Steve Gooch
Timothy Bearden
3 17 2 2026-02-25 2026-07-01 openstates ocd-bill/c8487064-6824-4430-b1a6-ef04f46cd938 http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl 2402b91b56881cae368a829c9405335b98709480c0d483e95d9e704ec3ab2d77 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Georgia SB 591 (2025_26) — Offenses Against Public Order; the disruption of a religious service; prohibit

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 disruption of a religious service; to provide for enhanced penalties; 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. As Introduced LC 63 0053 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB 591/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #826 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 12839 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #674 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 3913 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
  • Carden Summers — primary (person)
  • Clint Dixon — primary (person)
  • Drew Echols — primary (person)
  • Frank Ginn — primary (person)
  • Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
  • Lee Anderson — primary (person)
  • Randy Robertson — primary (person)
  • Rick Williams — primary (person)
  • Russ Goodman — primary (person)
  • Shawn Still — primary (person)
  • Steve Gooch — primary (person)
  • Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-25 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2026-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2026-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Tabled
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2026-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2026-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-03-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-12 Act 626 executive-signature
  • 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8487064-6824-4430-b1a6-ef04f46cd938. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).