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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to modify the penalties for the offenses of pimping and pandering; to provide that all such offenses shall be punishable as felony offenses; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 547"
+citation: "Georgia SB 547 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "John Albers", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Timothy Bearden"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-20"
+last_action: "2026-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db566022-45e8-4d26-ab29-1df8d55c9f97"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3ffdae16990323521ef9fb3b86d63797ba8d948f8e66eb4b44a2355e47086f26"
+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 SB 547 (2025_26) — Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to modify the penalties for the offenses of pimping and pandering; to provide that all such offenses shall be punishable as felony offenses; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and for 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245403.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 49 2697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243462.pdf)
+3. **SB 547/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247722.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #668 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #761 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+- Rick Williams — primary (person)
+- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-20** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Tabled
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-06** Act 417 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db566022-45e8-4d26-ab29-1df8d55c9f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+