republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-993.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 993	Georgia HB 993 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Derrick McCollum J Collins Jason Ridley Trey Rhodes Tyler Paul Smith	5	16	3	2024-01-23	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d660a856-32e3-430b-b7a0-a92eacefde83	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3e7067a4614c62ac16bea0a8e568e7788811fc774909cb63cfb0deabcc7c0f52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. LC 48 1019/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1200S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1200S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 57 0121S (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/d660a856-32e3-430b-b7a0-a92eacefde83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).