Georgia House Bill 383

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 2 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-02 - Effective Date 2023-05-02
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the O.C.G., relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon emergency health workers and healthcare workers located on a hospital campus; to provide for a definition; to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Safer Hospitals Act; enact

Rep. Matt Reeves [R]	Rep. Deborah Silcox [R]	Rep. Stan Gunter [R]	Rep. Scott Holcomb [D]
Rep. Stacey Evans [D]	Rep. Farooq Mughal [D]	Sen. Ben Watson [R]

2023-03-23 - Senate - Passage: Senate Vote #293 (Y: 46 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2023-03-06 - House - Passage: House Vote #185 (Y: 170 N: 5 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-02		Effective Date 2023-05-02
2023-05-02		Act 224
2023-05-02	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2023-03-30	House	House Sent to Governor
2023-03-23	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2023-03-23	Senate	Senate Third Read
2023-03-23	Senate	Senate Taken from Table
2023-03-23	Senate	Senate Tabled
2023-03-20	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2023-03-16	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2023-03-07	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2023-03-06	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2023-03-06	House	House Third Readers
2023-03-02	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2023-02-16	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-15	House	House First Readers
2023-02-14	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64341
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/214601
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/216732
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/217147
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/219452
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64341#21198
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64341#21492