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Georgia subcommittee backs bill criminalizing out‑of‑state travel to meet minors for indecent purposes
Summary
A House Judiciary subcommittee voted to advance a bill that would create a Georgia offense for traveling into the state to meet or cause another to meet a child under 16 for indecent purposes; sponsor and law‑enforcement witnesses said the change fills a statutory gap to better protect children.
Representative Darlene Taylor introduced House Bill 4 21 on the Leverett subcommittee, saying the measure responds to a decade‑old gap in state law exposed by a Thomas County case. "This is to protect the children of the state of Georgia," Taylor said, describing incidents in which someone…
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