HB 487

  • Georgia House Bill
  • 2023-2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Feb 16, 2023
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Crimes and offenses; assault and battery offenses upon all healthcare workers; expand enhanced punishment

Abstract

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 and related offenses against persons, so as to expand enhanced punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon emergency health workers to all healthcare workers in a hospital or healthcare facility; to provide for definitions; 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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Mar 29, 2023

House

House Withdrawn, Recommitted

  • Referral-Committee
  • Withdrawal
Judiciary Non-Civil

Mar 06, 2023

House

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Judiciary Non-Civil

Feb 22, 2023

House

House Second Readers

Feb 21, 2023

House

House First Readers

Feb 16, 2023

House

House Hopper

Bill Text

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LC 33 9411S/hs PDF
LC 33 9395/a PDF

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