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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Safeguarding Adopted Children from Sexual Violence Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incest, so as to expressly include relationship by adoption; to provide for a short title; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "SB 335"
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citation: "Georgia SB 335 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Shawn Still", "Shelly Echols", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b96275e-f158-4e62-8d9d-489cd1902c67"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1477a00cc736db2d27be585a2dbae531115c887d21c6e0f9cc7fa5f2d4bbfa05"
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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 335 (2023_24) — "Safeguarding Adopted Children from Sexual Violence Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incest, so as to expressly include relationship by adoption; to provide for a short title; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222547.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 49 1599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220860.pdf)
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3. **SB 335/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227006.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #454 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #681 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — 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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- **2024-01-08** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 561 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/0b96275e-f158-4e62-8d9d-489cd1902c67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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