Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-547.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

82 lines
4.0 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to modify the penalties for the offenses of pimping and pandering; to provide that all such offenses shall be punishable as felony offenses; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "Georgia SB 547 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "John Albers", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Timothy Bearden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-20"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db566022-45e8-4d26-ab29-1df8d55c9f97"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3ffdae16990323521ef9fb3b86d63797ba8d948f8e66eb4b44a2355e47086f26"
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 SB 547 (2025_26) — Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to modify the penalties for the offenses of pimping and pandering; to provide that all such offenses shall be punishable as felony offenses; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and for 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245403.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 49 2697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243462.pdf)
3. **SB 547/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247722.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #668 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #761 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-20** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2026-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-06** Act 417 `executive-signature`
- **2026-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db566022-45e8-4d26-ab29-1df8d55c9f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).