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type: "Bill"
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title: "Domestic relations; definition of sexual abuse; expand"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse, so as to expand the definition of sexual abuse to include acts involving trafficking a person for sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 86"
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citation: "Georgia HB 86 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "David Dreyer", "Debbie Buckner", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Scott Holcomb"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-23"
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last_action: "2017-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f1a938a-abe6-49e9-b374-54a19328e6c3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7d5082adbf95f35f0002254b2f5f2d30e94395abf112b5d5b205950f4a64c38e"
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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 86 (2017_18) — Domestic relations; definition of sexual abuse; expand
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse, so as to expand the definition of sexual abuse to include acts involving trafficking a person for sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- David Dreyer — primary (person)
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-23** House Hopper
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- **2017-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 168 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** 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/2f1a938a-abe6-49e9-b374-54a19328e6c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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