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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of Human Services; offenses of improper sexual contact by employee or agent in the first and second degrees; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17, Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35, Title 42, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual offenses, procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, the Georgia Crime Information Center, penal institutions, and general provisions regarding the Department of Human Services, respectively, so as to revise the offenses of improper sexual contact by employee or agent in the first and second degrees; to provide for related matters; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 117"
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citation: "Georgia SB 117 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Dean Burke", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Russ Goodman", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-09"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00e93485-408b-41ea-86e9-1b5c89570bfc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a4e08156768b7da1111c0648ddea01d419a71c21613aa05f169e2f142b1dc3f8"
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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 117 (2021_22) — Department of Human Services; offenses of improper sexual contact by employee or agent in the first and second degrees; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17, Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35, Title 42, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual offenses, procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, the Georgia Crime Information Center, penal institutions, and general provisions regarding the Department of Human Services, respectively, so as to revise the offenses of improper sexual contact by employee or agent in the first and second degrees; to provide for related matters; 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 2622** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197114.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199443.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 3017S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198874.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 3139S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200907.pdf)
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5. **LC 48 0427S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201088.pdf)
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6. **SB 117/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202126.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON RULES CALENDAR — **33–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 237 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/00e93485-408b-41ea-86e9-1b5c89570bfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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