Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
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 modify the penalties for the offenses of pimping and pandering;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Show all 17 actions
Senate Hopper · Feb 20, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 24, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 3, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 2026
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 6, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 9, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 10, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 19, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 25, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 25, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 6, 2026
Act 417 · May 6, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Strickland, BrianRobertson, RandyHatchett, BoBearden, TimothyWilliams, RickAlbers, JohnSmith, Tyler Paul
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-25 · yea 166, nay 2, notVoting 5, excused 7
PASSAGESenate · 2026-03-06 · yea 48, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 4
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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