---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic pornography; certain acts amounting to unlawfully seducing or enticing a child through use of computer online service; clarify"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-100.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computer or electronic pornography and child exploitation prevention, so as to clarify certain acts amounting to unlawfully seducing, soliciting, luring, or enticing a child through use of a computer online service, Internet service, or similar service, to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 156"
citation: "Georgia HB 156 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "Bill Hitchens", "Dustin Hightower", "Jay Neal", "Randy Nix"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fccab57-c290-4cf8-b05d-e67390e91f60"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b9029ba114eb708e8d0f9280f8ac438fa5ab5702655803338531de8e27056904"
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 156 (2013_14) — Electronic pornography; certain acts amounting to unlawfully seducing or enticing a child through use of computer online service; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-100.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computer or electronic pornography and child exploitation prevention, so as to clarify certain acts amounting to unlawfully seducing, soliciting, luring, or enticing a child through use of a computer online service, Internet service, or similar service, to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and 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. **HB 156/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136927.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5548S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132816.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5548S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132229.pdf)
4. **LC 35 2818/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129231.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136592.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 5637S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135419.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136594.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
- Jay Neal — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-30** House Hopper
- **2013-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 206 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fccab57-c290-4cf8-b05d-e67390e91f60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).