2025-2026 Regular Session

HB1606

Crimes; offense of disruption of a worship service; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order, so as to provide for the offense of disruption of a worship service; to provide for legislative findings, to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil
Last status date: April 2, 2026
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Judiciary - Non-Civil
Author: David Clark
Co-sponsors: Houston Gaines Tim Fleming Mitchell Horner Josh Bonner

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March 31, 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.

April 2, 2026
House House Second Readers
March 31, 2026
House House First Readers
March 27, 2026
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2139157
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB1606.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00