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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Georgia Human Trafficking Prevention Training Act\"; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 21 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights, duties, and liabilities of innkeepers, so as to provide for a required human trafficking training program for inns and short-term rental properties; to provide for definitions; to provide for training policies and procedures; to provide for the retention of certain records; to provide for limitations; to provide for penalties; to provide an effective date; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 570"
+citation: "Georgia SB 570 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clint Dixon", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Shawn Still"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-24"
+last_action: "2026-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/519bdf97-fef9-46a1-8647-3d64e69e5776"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "428fedfe5eb41c0b55a15d58548d1993b4b37668b774b7afe5356efbd3aef9d3"
+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 570 (2025_26) — "Georgia Human Trafficking Prevention Training Act"; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 21 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights, duties, and liabilities of innkeepers, so as to provide for a required human trafficking training program for inns and short-term rental properties; to provide for definitions; to provide for training policies and procedures; to provide for the retention of certain records; to provide for limitations; to provide for penalties; to provide an effective date; to provide a short title; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245422.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 48 1771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243800.pdf)
+3. **Committee Sub LC 63 0137S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244542.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 2811S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246142.pdf)
+5. **SB 570/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248175.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #732 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–2** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #859 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **38–6** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #671 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
+- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Shawn Still — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 519 `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/519bdf97-fef9-46a1-8647-3d64e69e5776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+