---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to expand the offense of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; to change the punishment for a certain type of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; 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 732"
citation: "Georgia HB 732 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Christian Coomer", "Deborah Silcox", "Mandi Ballinger", "Rich Golick"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe3518e-caff-4e5c-a070-d47c00d08940"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b1e7e2ce9d6030c539012bc662335cf3e3e397d84c757e56226a98ef9777ab9c"
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 732 (2017_18) — Crimes and offenses; trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to expand the offense of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; to change the punishment for a certain type of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude; 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 — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** House Hopper
- **2018-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Act 422 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fe3518e-caff-4e5c-a070-d47c00d08940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).