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Subcommittee advances bill to make pimping a felony for repeat traffickers
Georgia House Committee on Judiciary (Non‑Civil) Subcommittee (Leverett) · February 10, 2026
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Summary
The panel voted to send to full committee a bill that would convert pimping from a misdemeanor to a felony on first offense for people with prior human‑trafficking convictions; prosecutors and nonprofits testified they commonly see recidivism and urged stronger penalties.
Representative Johnny Chastain presented LC481635, proposing that a person convicted of pimping (Ga. Code §16‑6‑11) should be charged with a felony on the first offense when the defendant has a prior conviction for human trafficking. "I would have thought pimping was already a felony in Georgia, but…
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