Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12; certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; repeal
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Reached a final decision
Became law
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Officially: “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 repeal certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and...” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Senate Hopper · Jan 28, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Jan 29, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 21, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 24, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 27, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 28, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 3, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 25, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 25, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 279 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · May 14, 2025
The numbers
18
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Hatchett, BoEchols, DrewKirkpatrick, KayPayne, ChuckStrickland, BrianGinn, FrankHufstetler, ChuckWatson, BenBurns, MaxSummers, CardenAlbers, JohnCowsert, BillKennedy, John F.Walker, III, LarryHarbin, MartyDixon, ClintAnavitarte, JasonHong, Soo
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-25 · yea 169, nay 0, notVoting 5, excused 6
PASSAGESenate · 2025-02-27 · yea 50, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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