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| Bill | Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for and revise defined terms; to change penalty provisions; to remove a potential defense to a charge of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2015_16 | HB 770 | Georgia HB 770 (2015_16) |
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Georgia HB 770 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for and revise defined terms; to change penalty provisions; to remove a potential defense to a charge of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; 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.
- HB 770/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 29 6799/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 29 6908S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 29 6908S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 167–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-01-14 House Hopper
- 2016-01-15 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2016-01-20 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2016-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2016-02-25 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2016-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2016-02-26 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2016-02-26 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted
referral-committee, withdrawal - 2016-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2016-03-08 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2016-04-26 Act 441
executive-signature - 2016-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22a5a9e4-0fbf-4603-8c59-c7328a0dd123. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).