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SB586 Senate Bill
Passed
2026-03-06

"K-9 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2026"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-107 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to interfering with, harming of, or aggravated harming of a public safety animal or search and rescue animal, so as to provide for commendations of public safety animals and search and rescue animals that are injured or killed in the line of duty; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73644

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Sponsors

Ricky Williams (Sen - R)
Randy Robertson (Sen - R)
Martin Momtahan (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-04-02 S Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
2026-03-31 H House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-31 H House Third Readers
2026-03-27 H House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-03-10 H House Second Readers
2026-03-09 H House First Readers
2026-03-06 S Senate Passed/Adopted
2026-03-06 S Senate Third Read
2026-03-06 S Senate Taken from Table
2026-03-06 S Senate Tabled
2026-03-04 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-03-03 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2026-02-26 S Senate Read and Referred
2026-02-25 S Senate Hopper

Votes

2026-03-06 Passage: Senate Vote #666 Yea: 51 Nay: 0
2026-03-31 Passage: House Vote #820 Yea: 166 Nay: 1
2026-04-02 Agree To House Substitute As Amended: Senate Vote #942 Yea: 49 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-02-26 S Public Safety
2026-03-09 H Public Safety and Homeland Security

Amendments

2026-04-02 Floor Amendment

Bill Text Versions

2026-02-26 Introduced
2026-03-06 Engrossed
2026-03-27 Comm Sub

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