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SB591 Senate Bill
Passed
2026-03-06

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.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73654

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Sponsors

Steve Gooch (Sen - R)
Jason Anavitarte (Sen - R)
Larry Walker (Sen - R)
Carden Summers (Sen - R)
Drew Echols (Sen - R)
Bo Hatchett (Sen - R)
Randy Robertson (Sen - R)
John Albers (Sen - R)
Russ Goodman (Sen - R)
Frank Ginn (Sen - R)
Timothy Bearden (Sen - R)
Clint Dixon (Sen - R)
Shawn Still (Sen - R)
Lee Anderson (Sen - R)
Ricky Williams (Sen - R)
Bill Cowsert (Sen - R)
Deborah Silcox (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-03-31 H House Passed/Adopted
2026-03-31 H House Third Readers
2026-03-25 H House Committee Favorably Reported
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 #674 Yea: 39 Nay: 13
2026-03-31 Passage: House Vote #826 Yea: 128 Nay: 39

Committee Referrals

2026-02-26 S Judiciary
2026-03-09 H Judiciary - Non-Civil

Bill Text Versions

2026-02-26 Introduced
2026-03-06 Engrossed
2026-04-01 Enrolled

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