Georgia’s House speaker says he’s lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber. The Friday decision came a day after Sen.

ATLANTA — Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns announced Friday afternoon, that with the blessing of former Speaker David Ralston’s family, State Sen. Colton Moore will be allowed back into the House chamber. Capitol police arrested Moore on Thursday while he tried to enter the chamber for the 2025 State of the State address.

A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber has been arrested after he tried to enter the chamber for the governor’s state of the state speech.

A Georgia state senator has been taken into custody after he tried to defy an order banning him from the House chambers during Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State Address.

Georgia Republican State Senator Colton Moore was arrested on Thursday after fighting to be let into the chambers.

ATLANTA — A Georgia state senator arrested at the Capitol Thursday returned Friday. Hours later, the state House Speaker lifted the banishment that resulted in Sen. Colton Moore's arrest. Moore (R-Trenton) showed off a a bit of a bruise he said he got when a House staffer wrestled him to the ground and state troopers took him into custody Thursday.

Following a dramatic standoff with security during Governor Brian Kemp's State of the State address, Georgia State Senator Colton Moore was arrested Thursday for trying to violate a prohibition that prevented him from entering the Georgia House chambers.

According to arrest warrants, Moore is charged with one misdemeanor count of Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officers.

Sen. Moore was banned from entering House chambers after making controversial comments about late House Speaker David Ralston.

Moore was previously banned from the house for making disparaging remarks about Former Speaker David Ralston, who died in 2022.

Senator Colton Moore, of Dade County, was arrested on Thursday after he defied the order of Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns that he would not be allowed in for a joint legislative session in Atlanta.

Georgia State Senator was arrested after entering the State House in violation of a ban that was placed on him last year for disparaging remarks.