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Committee unanimously advances bill to make pimping and pandering felonies after survivor‑and‑law‑enforcement testimony
Summary
The Judiciary Committee advanced SB 547 to reclassify pimping and pandering as felonies on a first offense, drawing testimony from a former human‑trafficking prosecutor and homicide/vice investigators who said felony sanctions better support demand‑reduction policing and victim recovery.
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to advance SB 547, a bill that would make pimping and pandering felonies regardless of whether it is a first offense.
Sponsor remarks framed the change as bringing Georgia into alignment with neighboring states and said making buyers and facilitators subject to felony penalties will help law enforcement shrink demand. “What we’re doing is making pimping and pandering…
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