republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-480.md

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Bill	Crimes and offenses; list of persons who may be present in courtroom when person under age of 16 testifies concerning a sex offense; add victim assistance personnel	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-8-54 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons allowed to be present in a courtroom when a person under the age of 16 testifies concerning a sex offense, so as to add victim assistance personnel to the list of persons who may be present in a courtroom when a person under the age of 16 testifies concerning a sex offense; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 480	Georgia HB 480 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	B.J. Pak Donna Sheldon Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. Mandi Ballinger Rich Golick Stacey Abrams	2	17	1	2013-02-25	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/775d540a-9d88-458b-af54-a9fcaf45ccbb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b35af9b974f51b277afcf055de9f9907d14f10d9d1eef254453bdf984fdca266	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 480 (2013_14) — Crimes and offenses; list of persons who may be present in courtroom when person under age of 16 testifies concerning a sex offense; add victim assistance personnel

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-8-54 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons allowed to be present in a courtroom when a person under the age of 16 testifies concerning a sex offense, so as to add victim assistance personnel to the list of persons who may be present in a courtroom when a person under the age of 16 testifies concerning a sex offense; 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 480/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 0070/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 168–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Donna Sheldon — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-25 House Hopper
• 2013-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Act 291 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/775d540a-9d88-458b-af54-a9fcaf45ccbb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).