Interstate Sexual Predator Prevention Act; enact
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to establish the offense of traveling to meet a minor for indecent purposes; to provide penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Last action Mar 31, 2026
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LC 48 1780S/hs
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a committee substitute proposal into a formal House Bill 421 document. The primary change is the addition of the bill's sponsors (Representatives Taylor, Rice, Reeves, Ballinger, and Mathiak), while the original committee offer text was removed. This change reflects the procedural status of the bill moving from committee consideration to a formal legislative vehicle.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's subject matter remains unchanged; only the document header and sponsorship information were modified.
TECHNICAL
Added the formal title 'House Bill 421 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)' and listed the five sponsoring representatives.
Removed the introductory text stating that the Judiciary Committee offered a substitute.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2026 · House Mar 6, 2026
How they voted
35–8
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 47
Mar 31, 2026
D
Democratic18
61% Yea
R
Republican29
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Mar 31, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-8-4)
senate
Mar 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carmen Rice
RRepublican
P
Darlene Taylor
RRepublican
P
Karen Mathiak
RRepublican
P
Mandi Ballinger
RRepublican
P
Matt Reeves
RRepublican
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