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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-15-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding street gang terrorism and prevention, so as to include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity; to revise a definition; to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to revise rules pertaining to the admissibility of a complainant's past sexual behavior in prosecutions for certain sexual offenses; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 424"
+citation: "Georgia HB 424 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Micah Gravley", "Sharon Cooper", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-21"
+last_action: "2019-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c5370d-0020-4f9c-ad91-50be10ae4c7d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "d966da58408d10d83e6eaf5c1dfdba9c344a24666456e87a9478a6c4eec299df"
+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 424 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-15-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding street gang terrorism and prevention, so as to include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity; to revise a definition; to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to revise rules pertaining to the admissibility of a complainant's past sexual behavior in prosecutions for certain sexual offenses; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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.
+
+1. **Floor Amendment AM 43 0154ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187171.pdf)
+2. **HB 424/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187629.pdf)
+3. **LC 28 9259S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184210.pdf)
+4. **LC 28 9259S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183484.pdf)
+5. **LC 41 1851/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182310.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 2029S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186374.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-21** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-18** Act 31 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-18** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19c5370d-0020-4f9c-ad91-50be10ae4c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+