---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Georgia Human Trafficking Prevention Training Act\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 21 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights, duties, and liabilities of innkeepers, so as to provide for a required human trafficking training program for inns and short-term rental properties; to provide for definitions; to provide for training policies and procedures; to provide for the retention of certain records; to provide for limitations; to provide for penalties; to provide an effective date; to provide 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: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 570"
citation: "Georgia SB 570 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clint Dixon", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Shawn Still"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-24"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/519bdf97-fef9-46a1-8647-3d64e69e5776"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "428fedfe5eb41c0b55a15d58548d1993b4b37668b774b7afe5356efbd3aef9d3"
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 570 (2025_26) — "Georgia Human Trafficking Prevention Training Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 21 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights, duties, and liabilities of innkeepers, so as to provide for a required human trafficking training program for inns and short-term rental properties; to provide for definitions; to provide for training policies and procedures; to provide for the retention of certain records; to provide for limitations; to provide for penalties; to provide an effective date; to provide 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/20252026/245422.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 48 1771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243800.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 63 0137S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244542.pdf)
4. **LC 49 2811S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246142.pdf)
5. **SB 570/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248175.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #732 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #859 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **38–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #671 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 519 `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/519bdf97-fef9-46a1-8647-3d64e69e5776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).