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Committee approves 'halo' bill requiring 25-foot space for first responders; adds step-grandparent to OCGA incest list
Summary
The House Judiciary committee voted to pass Senate Bill 268, a measure that creates a 25-foot buffer around active first-responder scenes and incorporates language from House Bill 57 to add step-grandparents and step-grandchildren to OCGA 16-6-22(a)(4). The measure passed by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tally.
Senate Bill 268, which would require bystanders to remain at least 25 feet away from active first-responder scenes, passed the House Judiciary committee by voice vote after a brief discussion and a technical amendment that added related family-status language from a separate bill.
The measure, described on the floor as a commonly called “halo bill,” directs people to keep back 25 feet while not…
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