"The Protect Act- Protecting Georgians Against Terrorism"; revise the definition of domestic terrorism
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise the definition of domestic terrorism to more inclusively capture situational violations commonly used by persons who desire to commit acts of terror; to revise the offenses of a terroristic threat and a terroristic act; to amend Article 9 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center, so as to revise the definition of homeland security activity to enable the center's work in the state's effective prevention or discovery of, response to, and recovery from domestic terrorism; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2017
Last action Mar 28, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 24, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 1, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Feb 24, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
16 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Watson
RRepublican
P
Bill Cowsert
RRepublican
P
Bruce Thompson
RRepublican
P
Chuck Hufstetler
RRepublican
P
David Shafer
RRepublican
P
Dean Burke
RRepublican
P
Fran Millar
RRepublican
P
Frank Ginn
RRepublican
P
Greg Kirk
RRepublican
P
Hunter Hill
RRepublican
P
John Albers
RRepublican
P
Judson Hill
RRepublican
P
Mike Dugan
RRepublican
P
P. K. Martin IV
RRepublican
P
Steve Gooch
RRepublican
P
Tyler Harper
RRepublican
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