---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; grooming a minor for indecent purposes; provide for offense"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses related to minors generally, so as to provide for the offense of grooming a minor for indecent purposes; to provide for a definition; to provide for a penalty; 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 993"
citation: "Georgia HB 993 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Derrick McCollum", "J Collins", "Jason Ridley", "Trey Rhodes", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d660a856-32e3-430b-b7a0-a92eacefde83"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3e7067a4614c62ac16bea0a8e568e7788811fc774909cb63cfb0deabcc7c0f52"
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 993 (2023_24) — Crimes and offenses; grooming a minor for indecent purposes; provide for offense

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses related to minors generally, so as to provide for the offense of grooming a minor for indecent purposes; to provide for a definition; to provide for a penalty; 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 993/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229090.pdf)
2. **LC 48 1019/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221555.pdf)
3. **LC 48 1200S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225214.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1200S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224386.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 57 0121S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227840.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #773 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #802 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #524 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-24** Act 491 `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/d660a856-32e3-430b-b7a0-a92eacefde83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).