---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-15-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding street gang terrorism and prevention, so as to include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity; to revise a definition; to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to revise rules pertaining to the admissibility of a complainant's past sexual behavior in prosecutions for certain sexual offenses; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 424"
citation: "Georgia HB 424 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Micah Gravley", "Sharon Cooper", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c5370d-0020-4f9c-ad91-50be10ae4c7d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d966da58408d10d83e6eaf5c1dfdba9c344a24666456e87a9478a6c4eec299df"
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 424 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-15-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding street gang terrorism and prevention, so as to include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity; to revise a definition; to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to revise rules pertaining to the admissibility of a complainant's past sexual behavior in prosecutions for certain sexual offenses; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 43 0154ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187171.pdf)
2. **HB 424/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187629.pdf)
3. **LC 28 9259S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184210.pdf)
4. **LC 28 9259S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183484.pdf)
5. **LC 41 1851/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182310.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 2029S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186374.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** House Hopper
- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-18** Act 31 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-18** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19c5370d-0020-4f9c-ad91-50be10ae4c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).