---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; pimping and pandering; increase penalty provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to increase the penalty provisions relating to pimping and pandering; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Georgia HB 281 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "David Dreyer", "Mike Wilensky", "Scott Holcomb", "Teri Anulewicz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98396437-6878-4c86-a9d6-6305eeef63c0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c32319eb88929c66b018eb7808a093a02d4fcfe02474701781e66b8e6a6fc161"
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 281 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; pimping and pandering; increase penalty provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to increase the penalty provisions relating to pimping and pandering; 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.

1. **HB 281/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187022.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9036/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181208.pdf)
3. **LC 28 9236S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183398.pdf)
4. **LC 28 9236S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182432.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **147–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- David Dreyer — primary (person)
- Mike Wilensky — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** House Hopper
- **2019-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-18** Act 29 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98396437-6878-4c86-a9d6-6305eeef63c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).