---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Safeguarding Adopted Children from Sexual Violence Act\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incest, so as to expressly include relationship by adoption; to provide for a short title; 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: "SB 335"
citation: "Georgia SB 335 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Shawn Still", "Shelly Echols", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b96275e-f158-4e62-8d9d-489cd1902c67"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1477a00cc736db2d27be585a2dbae531115c887d21c6e0f9cc7fa5f2d4bbfa05"
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 SB 335 (2023_24) — "Safeguarding Adopted Children from Sexual Violence Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incest, so as to expressly include relationship by adoption; to provide for a short title; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222547.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 1599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220860.pdf)
3. **SB 335/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227006.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #454 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #681 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 561 `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/0b96275e-f158-4e62-8d9d-489cd1902c67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).