Crimes and offenses; create felony offense of obstruction of a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obstruction of public administration and related offenses, so as to create the felony offense of obstruction of a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle; to provide for punishment; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 28, 2026
Last action Mar 25, 2026
Floor votes · House Mar 3, 2026
How they voted
85–53
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 151
Mar 3, 2026
D
Democratic64
82% Nay
R
Republican87
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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