---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; mandatory terms for trafficking individuals for sexual servitude; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 and Code Section 17-10-6.2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses and punishment for sexual offenders, respectively, so as to provide for mandatory terms of imprisonment for trafficking of individuals for sexual servitude; to change provisions relating to the model notice for the human trafficking hotline; to change provisions relating to punishment for other sexual offenses; to clarify provisions relating to the probation portion of a split sentence imposed for certain sexual offenses; to amend Code Section 42-1-12 of the O.C.G.A., 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: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 341"
citation: "Georgia HB 341 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Brian Strickland", "Christian Coomer", "Mandi Ballinger", "Rich Golick", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85036603-295a-4beb-bdc1-78337d6a06f1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "11259fec0d8dac467df0c472b77d8f57cf879cde7006a951d4db191baf30b7a4"
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 341 (2017_18) — Crimes and offenses; mandatory terms for trafficking individuals for sexual servitude; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 and Code Section 17-10-6.2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses and punishment for sexual offenders, respectively, so as to provide for mandatory terms of imprisonment for trafficking of individuals for sexual servitude; to change provisions relating to the model notice for the human trafficking hotline; to change provisions relating to punishment for other sexual offenses; to clarify provisions relating to the probation portion of a split sentence imposed for certain sexual offenses; to amend Code Section 42-1-12 of the O.C.G.A., 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** House Hopper
- **2017-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 194 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85036603-295a-4beb-bdc1-78337d6a06f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).