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

Georgia State Patrol officers arrested Republican Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore for trying to enter the House chambers after House Speaker Jon Burns banned him from the floor.

Police pushed state Sen. Colton Moore to the ground and arrested him as he attempted to enter the state House chamber from which he had been banned.

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

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.

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

Learn more about the state senator who was arrested for entering the House chamber during Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of the State address.

Georgia State Senator Colton Moore, representing parts of North Georgia, was arrested at the state capitol Thursday morning while trying to attend the annual State of the State address.

The state senator had been subject to a ban from the House chamber over previous disparaging remarks about late House speaker David Ralston.

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.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones told state House Speaker Jon Burns that the arrest of Sen. Colton Moore during the governor’s State of the State speech was “an embarrassment for all of us.” He was so right!