2025-2026 Regular Session

HB1289

Crimes and offenses; offense of rape; modify provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual offenses, so as to modify provisions for the offense of rape; to provide for penalties; to provide for a limitation on defense; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil
Last status date: February 17, 2026
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Judiciary - Non-Civil
Author: Terry Cummings
Co-sponsors: Lisa Campbell Robert Dawson Robert Flournoy Arlene Beckles Segun Adeyina

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Committee referrals

February 12, 2026 · House

Judiciary - Non-Civil

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 17, 2026
House House Second Readers
February 12, 2026
House House First Readers
February 11, 2026
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2114639
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB1289.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00