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

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 being banned from the area last year.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

Colton Moore before Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the ... wherever it is taking place," said Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon in a statement. "I am deeply disappointed that Senator Moore was denied ...

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.

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

Georgia Republican House Speaker Jon Burns rescinded a ban on a state senator after he was arrested Thursday for attempting to enter the House chamber and hear Gov.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 address. “While the Senator’s actions were despicable and hurtful to all who knew,