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2025-2026 Regular Session

HB490

Crimes and offenses; required human trafficking training program for hotels; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, so as to provide for a required human trafficking training program for hotels; to provide for definitions; to provide for retraining; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition
Introduced in House
Last status date
March 6, 2026
Last status update
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Author
Debra Bazemore
Co-sponsors
Carolyn HugleySamuel ParkTanya MillerStacey EvansInga Willis

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute March 4, 2025 House committee reassignment April 4, 2025 House committee substitute February 20, 2026 House committee reassignment February 26, 2026 House committee substitute March 3, 2026 House committee reassignment March 4, 2026 House committee substitute March 6, 2026
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Instrument history

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  1. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  2. House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  3. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  4. House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  5. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  6. House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  7. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  8. House House Second Readers
  9. House House First Readers
  10. House House Hopper
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1974428
LegiScan session ID
2167
Source file
var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB490.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00