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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 16-5-46 and 40-5-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude and disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle and action required after suspending, revoking, or canceling license or nonresident privileges, respectively, so as to provide for a lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude while using a commercial motor vehicle; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 823"
+citation: "Georgia HB 823 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Chuck Efstration", "Houston Gaines", "Jan Jones", "Jodi Lott", "Marcus Wiedower"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-07-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccf72f8-f161-489c-b896-e71bc6b99441"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "52ba1efa3e0611bcfdc476c352778497885c256b93755d4ce9617fd1e3b970e4"
+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 823 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 16-5-46 and 40-5-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude and disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle and action required after suspending, revoking, or canceling license or nonresident privileges, respectively, so as to provide for a lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude while using a commercial motor vehicle; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 823/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195223.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 2462/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188499.pdf)
+3. **LC 39 2498S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191703.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 2498S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189434.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2672S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193521.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** House Hopper
+- **2020-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2020-07-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-21** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-21** Act 478 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-21** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ccf72f8-f161-489c-b896-e71bc6b99441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+