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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for and revise defined terms; to change penalty provisions; to remove a potential defense to a charge of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 770"
+citation: "Georgia HB 770 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "Andrew Welch", "Chuck Efstration", "Penny Houston", "Regina Quick", "Stacey Evans"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-14"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a5a9e4-0fbf-4603-8c59-c7328a0dd123"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "91d26ccdef60f77d2a2e24d1917ddb583058918e45e244660085e05c9c4a6d51"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 770 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for and revise defined terms; to change penalty provisions; to remove a potential defense to a charge of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 770/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161092.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 6799/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154628.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6908S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158829.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 6908S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157845.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **167–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
+- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Regina Quick — primary (person)
+- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-14** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-26** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2016-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 441 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22a5a9e4-0fbf-4603-8c59-c7328a0dd123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+