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Bill	Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12; certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; repeal	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to repeal certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 42	Georgia SB 42 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Frank Ginn Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Marty Harbin Max Burns	3	15	2	2025-01-28	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/d63b81a8-13e6-453f-9bb9-da40eb1e2222	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9c54721fbfdeb9aaa59469f5fca58af908ec2a6e4a7b76eb5d15b7e2341f5d82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 42 (2025_26) — Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12; certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; repeal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to repeal certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 1398 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 42/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #100 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #309 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-28 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 279 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d63b81a8-13e6-453f-9bb9-da40eb1e2222. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).