Safer Hospitals Act; enact
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 14, 2023
Signed May 2, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 23, 2023 · House Mar 6, 2023
How they voted
43–1
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 50
Mar 23, 2023
D
Democratic21
80% Yea
R
Republican29
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 2, 2023
Signed into law
Act 224
upper
May 2, 2023
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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