---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to protection of elder persons, so as to prohibit trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the crime; to provide for penalties, mandatory sentences, and exceptions; 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 803"
citation: "Georgia HB 803 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Cox", "Ed Rynders", "Eddie Lumsden", "Sharon Cooper", "Sheila Nelson", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a19c93-6761-4fe3-a83b-683980998706"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1465f0ee331f7ca7d6745b9a070ab62bfdcaaec6975d383b64ae62fd6b5cbda5"
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 803 (2017_18) — Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to protection of elder persons, so as to prohibit trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the crime; to provide for penalties, mandatory sentences, and exceptions; 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 — **165–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Cox — primary (person)
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Sheila Nelson — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** House Hopper
- **2018-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** 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 419 `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/81a19c93-6761-4fe3-a83b-683980998706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).