HB 163 - Limitations on prosecutions; offenses of cruelty to children; provisions

Sponsored By

• (1) Harbin,Ben 118th
• (2) Sims,Barbara 119th
• (3) Anderson,Lee 117th

Committees

• HC:JudyNC
• SC:

Current Status

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations on prosecutions, so as to provide that prosecutions may commence at any time for the offenses of cruelty to children, rape, sodomy, aggravated sodomy, statutory rape, child molestation, aggravated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and incest when the victim is younger than 16 years of age at the time of the commission of the crime; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Status History

Versions

1. LC 28 4444/a