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Bill	Torts; cause of action against perpetrators for victims of human trafficking; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding torts, so as to provide a cause of action against perpetrators for victims of human trafficking; to provide for definitions; to provide a cause of action against certain perpetrators of human trafficking by the Attorney General on behalf of the state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 33	Georgia SB 33 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Hufstetler Clint Dixon Elena Parent Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sheikh Rahman Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	3	15	1	2021-01-27	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/334311a1-a535-42c9-a5c8-e9268e5d8897	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	21e55fbaa866cc2e1397ad745ec62f68e7641083f4e9b7ae72ded4a69c39ee68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 33 (2021_22) — Torts; cause of action against perpetrators for victims of human trafficking; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding torts, so as to provide a cause of action against perpetrators for victims of human trafficking; to provide for definitions; to provide a cause of action against certain perpetrators of human trafficking by the Attorney General on behalf of the state; 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 introduced LC 41 2797-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 33/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-27 Senate Hopper
• 2021-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-27 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-27 Act 28 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/334311a1-a535-42c9-a5c8-e9268e5d8897. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).