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40 bills for “Crimes and offenses”.
Crimes and Offenses; the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction with district attorneys to conduct criminal prosecutions of violent crimes, illegal immigration offenses, and fentanyl offenses; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let the Attorney General step in ahead of other appointees when a district attorney is disqualified from a case, and would let district attorneys ask for the Attorney General's help prosecuting murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking, and other serious crimes.
Crimes and offenses; incest; include step-grandparent and step-grandchild relationship
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would expand the state's incest law to cover sexual relations between a step-grandparent and step-grandchild, adding that relationship to the list of family ties already covered.
Crimes and offenses; crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill creates new crimes for gift card theft, forgery, and fraud, covering both physical and digital gift cards, with penalties of up to ten years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Crimes and offenses; immunity for a prospective offender while seeking assistance from law enforcement as a victim of certain offenses; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House Judiciary substitute to HB 464 would shield victims of serious violent crimes, like rape or kidnapping, from arrest or prosecution when the only evidence against them came from seeking police help.
Crimes and offenses; create felony offense of obstruction of a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1076 would create a new Georgia felony for using a car to block, hinder, or interfere with a law enforcement officer doing their job, punishable by up to five years in prison.
Crimes and offenses; prohibit activities related to immigration enforcement in certain locations
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would bar federal, state, and local government employees, including police, from conducting immigration enforcement activities at schools, colleges, houses of worship, and hospitals.
Crimes and offenses; riot; provide for a felony penalty
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would make riot a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison, up from a misdemeanor, and add it to the list of offenses subject to Georgia's special bail procedures.
Crimes and offenses; riot; repeal misdemeanor penalty and provide for a felony penalty
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would turn the crime of riot from a misdemeanor into a felony punishable by 1 to 20 years in prison, and would add riot to the list of offenses covered by the state's bail schedule law.
Crimes and offenses; offense of possession of a controlled substance in the presence of a child; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1303 would make it a separate crime in Georgia to possess certain illegal drugs while a child under 14 is present, adding a new charge on top of existing drug possession laws.
Crimes and offenses; offense of rape; modify provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would rewrite the state's rape law (O.C.G.A. § 16-6-1) to make it gender-neutral, broaden what counts as rape, and remove the death penalty as a possible punishment.
Crimes and offenses; establish offense of failure to adequately secure a loaded or unloaded firearm
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would make it a crime for a firearm owner to leave a gun stored so carelessly that a minor or someone using it in a crime or violent act could get hold of it, punishable by at least a $500 fine.
Crimes and offenses; criminal trespass; include religious worship and observance or acknowledging the death of an individual
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would expand the state's criminal trespass law so that intentionally disrupting religious services or gatherings honoring a deceased person becomes a crime when done in a threatening way.
Crimes and offenses; illegal aliens; penalties for state and local officials and employees for noncompliance; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would make it a crime for state and local officials or employees to knowingly violate laws against harboring illegal aliens, and would remove a current exception protecting employees who help crime victims or witnesses.
Crimes and offenses; online menacing of a peace officer; provide for offense
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a new felony for posting a peace officer's personal information online along with a threat of violence, punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $25,000 fine.
Crimes; offense of theft by shoplifting of essential items; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a lesser charge for shoplifting food or toiletry items worth less than $100, letting counties handle it by citation with no fine and possible community service instead of standard shoplifting penalties.
Crimes and offenses; sexual exploitation of children; expand limitations to include Division of Family and Children Services
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would add staff of the Division of Family and Children Services to the list of people exempt from the state's child sexual exploitation material law when acting in their official duties.
Crimes and offenses; sexual offenses; revise penalties
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 636 would replace jail and prison sentences for four Georgia sexual offense laws with flat-dollar fines, sending the money collected to a state fund that helps sexually exploited children.
Crimes and offenses; offense of selling a child for financial gain; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: HB434 would move Georgia's existing ban on illegal payments in adoption placements out of the adoption code and into the criminal code as a new offense, without changing the underlying rules.
Offenses Against Public Order; crime of interference with a first responder; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would create a new crime for approaching or interfering with first responders after a warning, and would add step-grandparents and step-grandchildren to the state's incest law.
Crimes and offenses; codify proclamation that would grant a pardon regarding offense of simple possession of marijuana
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 804 would write into Georgia law a 2022 federal presidential proclamation pardoning simple marijuana possession, applying it to people affected under Georgia's own drug law.
Crimes and offenses; add certain facilities of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority to the locations in which the carrying of weapons or long guns is prohibited
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would add certain fenced facilities of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority to the list of places where carrying weapons or long guns is banned under state law.
Crimes and offenses; court order to locate an alleged victim of child or elder abuse; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let superior courts order the location of a parent, guardian, or caretaker when a child or an elder or disabled adult under investigation for abuse is moved to an unknown address.
Crimes and offenses; disorderly or disruptive conduct at any funeral or memorial service; include religious worship and observance
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House Judiciary Committee substitute for HB 242 would extend Georgia's law against disrupting funerals to also cover religious worship services, making it illegal to intentionally disturb either.
Crimes; offense of disruption of a worship service; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a new crime called disruption of a worship service, making it illegal to intentionally interrupt or block access to a church during a scheduled religious service.
Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 99 adds a formal definition of "law enforcement officer" to Georgia's criminal code, covering peace officers, out-of-state and federal officers assisting Georgia agencies, and untrained new chiefs of police.
Crimes; offense of unlawful possession of parts of a machine gun; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would make it a crime to possess parts that could be used to build or convert a gun into a machine gun, punishable by one to five years in prison, with an exemption for federally licensed manufacturers.
Crimes and offenses; criminal offenses related to material support of terrorism; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House bill would create a new Georgia crime for providing material support to terrorism or to foreign terrorist organizations, with penalties up to 20 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
Crimes and offenses; access to medical cannabis; repeal certain advertising restrictions on licensees
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House committee substitute for HB 342 would let Georgia's licensed medical cannabis businesses advertise and market low THC oil products to patients and the public, replacing the current near-total ban with rules written by the state commission.
Crimes and offenses; certain legal action protections for healthcare professionals administering medical treatment to pregnant women; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1313 would bar Georgia law enforcement from arresting people for performing or helping with an abortion or related medical treatment allowed under existing law, and would shield people from legal penalties over pregnancy outcomes like miscarriage or stillbirth.
Crimes; offense of criminal trespass involving a wild animal; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1196 would expand Georgia's criminal trespass law involving wild animals to cover throwing objects into enclosures, tampering with cages, and animals kept by private owners, not just facilities open to the public.
Crimes and offenses; protective orders or consent agreements for victims against persons who have committed acts of sexual assault; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let victims of sexual assault seek civil protective orders or consent agreements against their attackers, similar to existing family violence protective orders, with violations punishable as a misdemeanor.
Crimes; persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of family violence from receiving, possessing, or transporting a firearm; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar people convicted of misdemeanor family violence crimes or subject to family violence protective orders from possessing firearms, and require courts to order surrender of any guns they already have.
Crimes and offenses; protection of elder persons; sexual abuse; revise definition
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate substitute for HB 1290 would broaden Georgia's definition of sexual abuse of elder persons and disabled adults, add new offenses to the state's dangerous sexual offender list, and require public disclosure of settlement agreements over harassment claims against the General Assembly.
Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Surveillance, and Related Offenses; criminal offenses of virtual peeping; establish
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would make it a crime to use artificial intelligence to generate obscene images of a real adult without that person's consent, adding a new offense to the state's peeping tom law.
Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 483 adds code enforcement officials to the list of Georgia public workers who get enhanced criminal penalties when they are assaulted or battered while on duty.
Crimes and offenses; uniform oaths to be sworn by all peace officers; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 384 would set a single standard oath for Georgia peace officers and narrow the crime of violating an officer's oath so it only applies to sworn oath language, not aspirational statements.
Crimes and offenses; required human trafficking training program for hotels; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require hotel employees and short-term rental managers to complete annual human trafficking awareness training, with fines for owners who willfully ignore the rules.
Criminal procedure; offenses involving a victim under 16 years of age; include offense of aggravated sexual battery
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1282 would add aggravated sexual battery to the list of sex crimes against child victims that get an extended or unlimited window for prosecution under Georgia law.
Crimes and offenses; registration of kratom products and sworn certification of compliance; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 757 would require companies that process kratom products in Georgia to register those products annually with the Department of Agriculture and certify their safety, while also adjusting criminal penalties for retailers who violate kratom labeling rules.
Crimes and offenses; prohibit sale, transfer, use, possession, importation, or manufacture of certain firearms and magazines
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would ban the sale, transfer, use, import, or manufacture of certain semiautomatic rifles and magazines holding more than 20 rounds, while letting current owners keep theirs if securely stored.