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.

WALKER COUNTY, Ga (WDEF)- Walker County Republican Party reacts to the arrest of North Georgia State Senator Colton Moore on Thursday.

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.

The head of the Georgia Republican Party said he was deeply disappointed and shocked at the arrest of state Sen. Colton Moore before Gov. Brian Kemp's

Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore (R) was arrested and transported to the Fulton County Jail on Thursday for attempting to enter the House Chamber to hear Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) state address after

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

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.

Chaos in Georgia state capitol as Republican lawmaker dragged from chamber during Brian Kemp address - In an update from the hospital, Moore said he took a ‘beating’ and his right hand was ‘swollen’ a

The arrest of state Sen. Colton Moore, and the worldwide publicity that followed, was what he was hoping for all along.

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.

A Republican Northwest Georgia senator was detained Thursday after he refused to abide by a ban on entering the House chamber made by the speaker last year.