---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invasion of Privacy; sexual extortion; prohibit; definitions; elements of the crime; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to invasion of privacy, so as to prohibit sexual extortion; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the crime; to provide for penalties; to provide for venue; to amend Code Section 42-1-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Sexual Offender Registry, so as to provide a conforming cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Georgia SB 9 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donzella James", "Elena Parent", "Gloria Butler", "Harold Jones II", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Sheikh Rahman", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eebe516-7cca-4056-9a67-91a26f090d73"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "22bb11eece3cc6b3dee963a5370a8065a8f8ca9a12711571860371c0b38a3996"
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 9 (2019_20) — Invasion of Privacy; sexual extortion; prohibit; definitions; elements of the crime; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to invasion of privacy, so as to prohibit sexual extortion; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the crime; to provide for penalties; to provide for venue; to amend Code Section 42-1-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Sexual Offender Registry, so as to provide a conforming cross-reference; 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 Introduced LC 41 1654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179650.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183819.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 41 1877S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182808.pdf)
4. **Floor Amendment AM 44 0119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185984.pdf)
5. **HB 9/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185985.pdf)
6. **LC 28 9354S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185220.pdf)
7. **SB 9 Prefile LC 41 1654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179389.pdf)
8. **SB9/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187616.pdf)
9. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0464** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187286.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-09** Senate Prefiled `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Senate Hopper
- **2019-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-26** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 295 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eebe516-7cca-4056-9a67-91a26f090d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).