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type: "Bill"
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title: "Offenses Against Public Order; the disruption of a religious service; prohibit"
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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 disruption of a religious service; to provide for enhanced penalties; 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 591"
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citation: "Georgia SB 591 (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: ["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"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-25"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8487064-6824-4430-b1a6-ef04f46cd938"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2402b91b56881cae368a829c9405335b98709480c0d483e95d9e704ec3ab2d77"
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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 591 (2025_26) — Offenses Against Public Order; the disruption of a religious service; prohibit
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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 disruption of a religious service; to provide for enhanced penalties; 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 Introduced LC 63 0053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244076.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245435.pdf)
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3. **SB 591/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248682.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #826 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **128–39** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #674 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — 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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- **2026-02-25** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 626 `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/c8487064-6824-4430-b1a6-ef04f46cd938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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