Crossover Day: Lawmakers approve citizen's arrest, election reforms Crossover Day — What passed, what failed A look at the bill that made it past Crossover Day under the Gold Dome during the 2021 Georgia General Assembly. ATLANTA - Georgia state lawmakers worked well into the night Monday to meet the Crossover Day deadline. That is the day by which bills must be approved in either the House or the Senate to stay alive for the legislative session. Citizen's Arrest Members of the House of Representatives took to their feet as House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, read the vote for a bill repealing Georgia's citizen's arrest law, 173-0.