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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; trafficking an individual for 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 expand the offense of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; to change the punishment for a certain type of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 732"
+citation: "Georgia HB 732 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Christian Coomer", "Deborah Silcox", "Mandi Ballinger", "Rich Golick"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-23"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe3518e-caff-4e5c-a070-d47c00d08940"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b1e7e2ce9d6030c539012bc662335cf3e3e397d84c757e56226a98ef9777ab9c"
+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 732 (2017_18) — Crimes and offenses; trafficking an individual for 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 expand the offense of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; to change the punishment for a certain type of trafficking an individual for 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
+- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Rich Golick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-23** House Hopper
+- **2018-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-07** Act 422 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fe3518e-caff-4e5c-a070-d47c00d08940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+