---
type: "Bill"
title: "Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties"
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 modify the penalties for the offenses of pimping and pandering; to provide that all such offenses shall be punishable as felony offenses; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "Georgia SB 547 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "John Albers", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Timothy Bearden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-20"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db566022-45e8-4d26-ab29-1df8d55c9f97"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3ffdae16990323521ef9fb3b86d63797ba8d948f8e66eb4b44a2355e47086f26"
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 547 (2025_26) — Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties

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 modify the penalties for the offenses of pimping and pandering; to provide that all such offenses shall be punishable as felony offenses; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and for applicability; 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/20252026/245403.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 2697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243462.pdf)
3. **SB 547/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247722.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #668 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #761 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-20** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2026-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-06** Act 417 `executive-signature`
- **2026-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db566022-45e8-4d26-ab29-1df8d55c9f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).