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GA SB32

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ricky Williams

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Georgia Code Section 16-10-24 to establish escalating mandatory minimum sentences for violent obstruction of law enforcement officers: 1-5 years for first offense, 2-10 years for second offense, and 3-15 years for third or subsequent offenses

  • Creates a separate, harsher penalty of 10-20 years imprisonment for obstruction involving actual violence against an officer (as opposed to offering or threatening violence)

  • Applies to violence against law enforcement officers, prison guards, jailers, correctional officers, community supervision officers, juvenile probation officers, probation officers, and game wardens performing official duties

  • Requires a mandatory minimum fine of $300 for all convictions under this code section, with $300 earmarked for the Georgia State Indemnification Fund to pay death or disability benefits for officers

  • Removes "or doing" from current law language regarding offering violence, creating a clearer distinction between threatening and actually committing violence against officers

Legislative Description

Obstruction of Public Administration; convicted of doing violence in the obstruction or hindering of law enforcement officers; provide for a mandatory minimum sentence

Last Action

Senate Read and Referred

1/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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