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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for and revise defined terms; to change penalty provisions; to remove a potential defense to a charge of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 770"
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citation: "Georgia HB 770 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "Andrew Welch", "Chuck Efstration", "Penny Houston", "Regina Quick", "Stacey Evans"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-14"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a5a9e4-0fbf-4603-8c59-c7328a0dd123"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "91d26ccdef60f77d2a2e24d1917ddb583058918e45e244660085e05c9c4a6d51"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 770 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for and revise defined terms; to change penalty provisions; to remove a potential defense to a charge of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 770/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161092.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6799/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154628.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6908S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158829.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6908S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157845.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Regina Quick — primary (person)
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- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-14** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 441 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22a5a9e4-0fbf-4603-8c59-c7328a0dd123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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