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GA HB656
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/1/2023
Primary Sponsor
Matt Reeves
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AI Summary
- Creates the new offense of "traveling to meet a child for indecent purposes" under Georgia Code § 16-6-4.1, applying to any person who travels any distance into Georgia from outside the state to contact a child under age 16, or a person believed to be under 16, to solicit, entice, or commit child molestation or other indecent acts
- Also criminalizes traveling into Georgia to solicit or entice a parent, guardian, or custodian—or someone believed to be one—to consent to or allow a child's participation in molestation or other indecent acts
- Punishes direct solicitation or molestation-related travel as a felony carrying 2 to 10 years imprisonment, subject to additional sentencing provisions under Code Sections 17-10-6.2 and 17-10-7
- Punishes travel to solicit a parent or guardian to allow a child's participation in indecent acts with 1 to 10 years imprisonment
- Requires all persons convicted under the new offense to register under Georgia's Sex Offender Registry provisions (Code Section 42-1-12)
Legislative Description
Crimes and offenses; cruelty to children in the second and third degrees; revise offenses
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2/29/2024
Committee Referrals
Judiciary - Non-Civil3/2/2023
Full Bill Text
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