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type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic relations; definition of sexual abuse; expand"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 86"
citation: "Georgia HB 86 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "David Dreyer", "Debbie Buckner", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Scott Holcomb"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f1a938a-abe6-49e9-b374-54a19328e6c3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7d5082adbf95f35f0002254b2f5f2d30e94395abf112b5d5b205950f4a64c38e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 86 (2017_18) — Domestic relations; definition of sexual abuse; expand
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1680** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- David Dreyer — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-23** House Hopper
- **2017-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 168 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Effective Date
## Source
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).