Georgia House Bill 234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 4 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-05 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 9, 15, 16, 17, and 41 of the O.C.G.A., relating to civil practice, courts, crimes and offenses, criminal procedure, and nuisances, respectively, so as to provide additional safeguards and protections against human trafficking; to authorize DFCS to provide care and supervision to children who are victims of human trafficking; to expand prohibitions against trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; to revise the definition of prostitution; to increase the penalties for certain sexual offenses; to repeal the crime of pandering by compulsion; to provide that the use of certain property in connection with human trafficking constitutes a nuisance and to provide for what constitutes notice of such use; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Anti-Human Trafficking Protective Response Act; enact

Rep. Chuck Efstration [R]	Rep. Mandi Ballinger [R]	Rep. Calvin Smyre [D]	Rep. Albert Reeves [R]
Rep. Andrew Welch [R]	Rep. Deborah Silcox [R]

2019-03-04 - House - House Vote #107 (Y: 167 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2019-03-04	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2019-03-04	House	House Third Readers
2019-02-20	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2019-02-12	House	House Second Readers
2019-02-11	House	House First Readers
2019-02-08	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54782
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/180931
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/182213
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/183553
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54782#16656