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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to protection of elder persons, so as to prohibit trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the crime; to provide for penalties, mandatory sentences, and exceptions; 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 803"
+citation: "Georgia HB 803 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clay Cox", "Ed Rynders", "Eddie Lumsden", "Sharon Cooper", "Sheila Nelson", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-31"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a19c93-6761-4fe3-a83b-683980998706"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1465f0ee331f7ca7d6745b9a070ab62bfdcaaec6975d383b64ae62fd6b5cbda5"
+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 803 (2017_18) — Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to protection of elder persons, so as to prohibit trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the crime; to provide for penalties, mandatory sentences, and exceptions; 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 — **165–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clay Cox — primary (person)
+- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Sheila Nelson — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-31** House Hopper
+- **2018-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-27** 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 419 `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/81a19c93-6761-4fe3-a83b-683980998706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+