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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"The Debbie Vance Act\"; court imposing sentence may grant the relief of vacatur for convictions and sentences of defendants; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 and Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment and the Georgia Crime Information Center, respectively, so as to provide that the court imposing sentence may grant the relief of vacatur for convictions and sentences of defendants who obtained such convictions and sentences as a direct result of being victims of trafficking for labor or 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 435"
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citation: "Georgia SB 435 (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: ["Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "Elena Parent", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Zahra Karinshak"]
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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: "2020-02-24"
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last_action: "2020-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78f14aba-94c8-4384-b420-6762678c8b7f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d965fcd2ecb3b0b94786324fde9b3deed482fa018b3c0aaaa08e12c475d877e7"
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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 SB 435 (2019_20) — "The Debbie Vance Act"; court imposing sentence may grant the relief of vacatur for convictions and sentences of defendants; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 and Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment and the Georgia Crime Information Center, respectively, so as to provide that the court imposing sentence may grant the relief of vacatur for convictions and sentences of defendants who obtained such convictions and sentences as a direct result of being victims of trafficking for labor or 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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1. **As introduced LC 41 2369-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190768.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191746.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 2416S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191255.pdf)
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4. **SB 435/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194578.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-24** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-22** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Act 392 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** 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/78f14aba-94c8-4384-b420-6762678c8b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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