A member of the Georgia state Senate who was banned last year from ... Members of the Georgia State Patrol arrested state Sen. Colton Moore (R) after he tried to push past state troopers and ...

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

A Georgia state senator has had his ban from entering the state House chamber revoked following an ugly incident on Thursday which saw him flung to the floor, arrested and subsequently hospitalized.

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.

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.

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!

Georgia Republican House Speaker Jon Burns rescinded a ban on a state senator after he was arrested Thursday for attempting to enter the House chamber and hear Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) state

State Senator Colton Moore was arrested as he tried to enter the house chamber for a joint session of lawmakers. The House Speaker had banned him last year from entering the chambers, so state troopers arrested him. But the case made national headlines on Monday and garnered a lot of Republican support for Moore’s cause.

ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who presides over the Georgia Senate, said Friday that he won't tolerate any future episodes like what happened Thursday when Sen. Colton Moore was arrested for trying to enter the state House chambers.

State Sen. Colton Moore, who previously served in the House, was arrested Thursday after he repeatedly tried to enter the House chamber for a joint session with the Senate. The Trenton Republican was charged with “willful obstruction of law enforcement officers,” a misdemeanor.

Burns announced Friday afternoon that he would modify the ban to allow Moore, a Trenton Republican, to attend proceedings in the House when members of both chambers are present, such as when lawmakers heard from the governor Thursday.