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Senate Bill 514
By: Senators Still of the 48th, Kennedy of the 18th, Gooch of the 51st, Esteves of the 6th,
Dolezal of the 27th and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
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relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, so as to provide for a2
required human trafficking training program for hotels; to provide for definitions; to provide3
for retraining; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other4
purposes.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6
SECTION 1.7
Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to8
kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, is amended by adding a new Code9
section to read as follows:10
"16-5-48.
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term:12
(1) 'Employee' means any person employed by a hotel that:13
(A) Has frequent or regular interactions with guests, such as front desk staff, hotel14
porters, hotel concierges, restaurant waiting and bartending staff, room service staff,15
and temporary employees;16
(B) Is in a management position; or17
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(C) Has access to the guests' rooms, including housekeeping staff.18
(2) 'Hotel' shall have the same meaning as defined in Code Section 16-5-47.19
(b) Every hotel proprietor shall require its employees to complete a training course on20
recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking. Such training course21
shall be an online course provided by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council at no cost22
to the hotel proprietor nor employees or an alternative online or in-person training course23
approved by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The Criminal Justice Coordinating24
Council shall approve or deny the use of any alternative online or in-person training course25
within 60 days of the submission of such training course for approval.26
(c) Each hotel employee shall complete the required training course described in27
subsection (b) of this Code section within six months of being employed by a hotel and28
thereafter at least once during each consecutive period of two calendar years, commencing29
with the date on which he or she last completed the required training course, for as long as30
he or she is employed by a hotel."31
SECTION 2.32
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.33
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