2025-2026 Regular Session

HB1322

Crimes and offenses; riot; repeal misdemeanor penalty and provide for a felony penalty

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to riot, so as to repeal the misdemeanor penalty and provide for a felony penalty; to amend Code Section 17-6-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when offenses bailable, procedure, schedule of bails, and appeal bonds, so as to include the offense of riot; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status date: March 6, 2026
Last status update: House Committee Favorably Reported
Author: Mike Cheokas
Co-sponsors: Clint Crowe Eddie Lumsden Buddy DeLoach Charles Cannon Deborah Silcox

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Committee referrals

February 18, 2026 · House

Judiciary - Non-Civil

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

March 6, 2026
House House Committee Favorably Reported
February 19, 2026
House House Second Readers
February 18, 2026
House House First Readers
February 17, 2026
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2118549
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB1322.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00