Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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SB 193 amends O.C.G.A. § 16-5-23.1, relating to battery and family
violence. SB 0193 defines household member as “past or present spouses, persons
who are parents of the same child, parents and children, stepparents and
stepchildren, foster parents and foster children, or other persons living or
formerly living in the same household.” It defines as family violence battery
committed between household members. If a defendant, upon first conviction of
family violence battery, has previously been convicted of a felony committed
between household members, the defendant shall be guilty of a felony and shall
be punished by imprisonment for not less than one or more than five years. |
