---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to admissions and confessions, so as to provide for sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "Georgia HB 218 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Scott Hilton", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/918be596-76e9-4f60-980f-77315d904bf2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b7be8fa5e4a45e1c1affa0d6169e83e05366eedb084e39041d9481978bc61a28"
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 218 (2023_24) — Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to admissions and confessions, so as to provide for sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; 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 218/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229258.pdf)
2. **LC 48 0796/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213601.pdf)
3. **LC 48 0906S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216731.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1228S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226255.pdf)
5. **LC 48 1228S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225745.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #825 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #635 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-24** Act 482 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/918be596-76e9-4f60-980f-77315d904bf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).