GA HB720

Requires persons convicted of a sexual offense to serve a mandatory term of imprisonment followed by probation of at least one year, with lifetime probation required for second or subsequent felony sexual offense convictions; all such probationers must wear GPS/electronic tracking devices

Renames the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board to the Sexual Offender Risk Review Board, eliminates the annual $250 registration fee for sexual offenders, and transfers investigative positions from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to the board effective July 1, 2020

Eliminates consent of the victim as a defense to prosecution for sodomy, aggravated sodomy, child molestation, aggravated child molestation, sexual battery, and aggravated sexual battery when the victim is under 16 years of age, responding to the State v. Williams (2020) decision

Establishes the "Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2020," creating a statewide sexual assault kit tracking system operated by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council with full participation required by June 1, 2021, and mandating semiannual reporting to the legislature and Governor

Requires the Georgia Composite Medical Board to refuse, suspend, or revoke the license of any physician found to have committed sexual assault on a patient, and mandates that health care professionals report physicians they reasonably believe have committed such assaults