---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kidnapping; certain businesses and establishments post a model notice to enable persons who are the subject of human trafficking to obtain help and services; require"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, so as to require certain businesses and establishments post a model notice so as to enable persons who are the subject of human trafficking to obtain help and services; to provide for the Department of Public Safety to develop and post the model notice on its website; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 141"
citation: "Georgia HB 141 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alisha Morgan", "Buzz Brockway", "Edward Lindsey", "Margaret Kaiser", "Sheila Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-29"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ee1f2a-23cc-4474-979d-04699c4c2999"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8a887a0d941c525395ee1b1f63e9fce28f5a5f81f8173faf95911a669a938cfc"
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 141 (2013_14) — Kidnapping; certain businesses and establishments post a model notice to enable persons who are the subject of human trafficking to obtain help and services; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, so as to require certain businesses and establishments post a model notice so as to enable persons who are the subject of human trafficking to obtain help and services; to provide for the Department of Public Safety to develop and post the model notice on its website; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 141/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135844.pdf)
2. **HB 141/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132623.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5327/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128987.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5533S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131949.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 5631S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134517.pdf)

## Votes

- Pezold AM 40 0051 — **9–163** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alisha Morgan — primary (person)
- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-29** House Hopper
- **2013-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 191 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22ee1f2a-23cc-4474-979d-04699c4c2999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).