2025-2026 Regular Session

HB496

Criminal procedure; scent of marijuana, cannabis, or hemp; provide imitations on stops, searches, seizures, or arrests

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrest by law enforcement officers generally, so as to provide for limitations on stops, searches, seizures, or arrests regarding the scent of marijuana, cannabis, or hemp on its own; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil
Last status date: February 20, 2025
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Judiciary - Non-Civil
Author: Jasmine Clark
Co-sponsors: Tanya Miller Jordan Ridley Derrick Jackson Dar'shun Kendrick Akbar Ali

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Committee referrals

February 19, 2025 · 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.

February 20, 2025
House House Second Readers
February 19, 2025
House House First Readers
February 18, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1974209
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB496.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00