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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-15-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding street gang terrorism and prevention, so as to include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity; to revise a definition; to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to revise rules pertaining to the admissibility of a complainant's past sexual behavior in prosecutions for certain sexual offenses; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 424"
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citation: "Georgia HB 424 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Micah Gravley", "Sharon Cooper", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-21"
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last_action: "2019-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c5370d-0020-4f9c-ad91-50be10ae4c7d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d966da58408d10d83e6eaf5c1dfdba9c344a24666456e87a9478a6c4eec299df"
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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 424 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-15-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding street gang terrorism and prevention, so as to include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity; to revise a definition; to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to revise rules pertaining to the admissibility of a complainant's past sexual behavior in prosecutions for certain sexual offenses; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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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1. **Floor Amendment AM 43 0154ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187171.pdf)
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2. **HB 424/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187629.pdf)
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3. **LC 28 9259S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184210.pdf)
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4. **LC 28 9259S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183484.pdf)
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5. **LC 41 1851/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182310.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 2029S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186374.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-21** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-18** Act 31 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-18** 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/19c5370d-0020-4f9c-ad91-50be10ae4c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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