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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Domestic relations; definition of sexual abuse; expand"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse, so as to expand the definition of sexual abuse to include acts involving trafficking a person for sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 86"
+citation: "Georgia HB 86 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "David Dreyer", "Debbie Buckner", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Scott Holcomb"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-23"
+last_action: "2017-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f1a938a-abe6-49e9-b374-54a19328e6c3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7d5082adbf95f35f0002254b2f5f2d30e94395abf112b5d5b205950f4a64c38e"
+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 86 (2017_18) — Domestic relations; definition of sexual abuse; expand
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse, so as to expand the definition of sexual abuse to include acts involving trafficking a person for sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
+- David Dreyer — primary (person)
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23** House Hopper
+- **2017-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-08** Act 168 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-08** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f1a938a-abe6-49e9-b374-54a19328e6c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+