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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 16-5-46 and 40-5-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude and disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle and action required after suspending, revoking, or canceling license or nonresident privileges, respectively, so as to provide for a lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude while using a commercial motor vehicle; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 823"
citation: "Georgia HB 823 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Chuck Efstration", "Houston Gaines", "Jan Jones", "Jodi Lott", "Marcus Wiedower"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccf72f8-f161-489c-b896-e71bc6b99441"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "52ba1efa3e0611bcfdc476c352778497885c256b93755d4ce9617fd1e3b970e4"
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 823 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 16-5-46 and 40-5-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude and disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle and action required after suspending, revoking, or canceling license or nonresident privileges, respectively, so as to provide for a lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude while using a commercial motor vehicle; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 823/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195223.pdf)
2. **LC 39 2462/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188499.pdf)
3. **LC 39 2498S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191703.pdf)
4. **LC 39 2498S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189434.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2672S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193521.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-27** House Hopper
- **2020-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2020-07-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-21** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-21** Act 478 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-21** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ccf72f8-f161-489c-b896-e71bc6b99441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).