republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-218.md

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Bill	Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to admissions and confessions, so as to provide for sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 218	Georgia HB 218 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Deborah Silcox Matt Reeves Rob Leverett Scott Hilton Sharon Cooper	5	19	2	2023-02-02	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/918be596-76e9-4f60-980f-77315d904bf2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b7be8fa5e4a45e1c1affa0d6169e83e05366eedb084e39041d9481978bc61a28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 218 (2023_24) — Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to admissions and confessions, so as to provide for sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; 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 218/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 0796/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 0906S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1228S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 48 1228S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #825 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #635 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 164–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Scott Hilton — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-02 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Act 482 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/918be596-76e9-4f60-980f-77315d904bf2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).