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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; grooming a minor for indecent purposes; provide for offense"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses related to minors generally, so as to provide for the offense of grooming a minor for indecent purposes; to provide for a definition; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 993"
+citation: "Georgia HB 993 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Derrick McCollum", "J Collins", "Jason Ridley", "Trey Rhodes", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-23"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d660a856-32e3-430b-b7a0-a92eacefde83"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3e7067a4614c62ac16bea0a8e568e7788811fc774909cb63cfb0deabcc7c0f52"
+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 993 (2023_24) — Crimes and offenses; grooming a minor for indecent purposes; provide for offense
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses related to minors generally, so as to provide for the offense of grooming a minor for indecent purposes; to provide for a definition; to provide for a penalty; 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.
+
+1. **HB 993/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229090.pdf)
+2. **LC 48 1019/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221555.pdf)
+3. **LC 48 1200S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225214.pdf)
+4. **LC 48 1200S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224386.pdf)
+5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 57 0121S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227840.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #773 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #802 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #524 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
+- J Collins — primary (person)
+- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
+- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-23** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-24** Act 491 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d660a856-32e3-430b-b7a0-a92eacefde83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+