republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-370.md

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Bill	Human Trafficking Hotline Information; certain establishments to post human trafficking hotline information; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to posting model notice with human trafficking hotline information in business and on internet, so as to require certain establishments to post human trafficking hotline information; to amend Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to massage therapy practice, so as to provide for human trafficking awareness training for board members; to provide for inspections of massage therapy practices; to require licensees to display a photograph along with their massage therapy practice licenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 370	Georgia SB 370 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bo Hatchett John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Mike Hodges	5	16	3	2024-01-22	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b40dfc26-fe1b-48bc-9e4a-54dd78d264c9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	beb69e72521879df0fb3c21bf143e5839ea8e2af736d98f3b785904126709456	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 370 (2023_24) — Human Trafficking Hotline Information; certain establishments to post human trafficking hotline information; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to posting model notice with human trafficking hotline information in business and on internet, so as to require certain establishments to post human trafficking hotline information; to amend Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to massage therapy practice, so as to provide for human trafficking awareness training for board members; to provide for inspections of massage therapy practices; to require licensees to display a photograph along with their massage therapy practice licenses; 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 48 1068-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amend 1 AM 48 0039 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 5824S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 370/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #683 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 164–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #516 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #670 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-29 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2024-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-07 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-14 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Act 489 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b40dfc26-fe1b-48bc-9e4a-54dd78d264c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).