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Senators
Smith of the 52nd and Mullis of the 53rd offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee substitute to HB 314 by
striking lines 1 and 2 of page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
To amend Title 16 and Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses
To amend Title 16 and Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses
By
inserting after
"penalties;"
on line 6 of page 1 the following:
to provide for gender neutrality with regard to the offense of incest;
to provide for gender neutrality with regard to the offense of incest;
By
striking lines 23 and 24 of page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, is amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 16-6-22, relating to incest, as follows:
Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, is amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 16-6-22, relating to incest, as follows:
"(a)
A person commits the offense of incest when
the
such
person engages in sexual intercourse
or sodomy, as
such term is defined in Code Section
16-6-2, with a person
to
whom he or she knows he or she is related
to
either by blood or by marriage as follows:
(1)
Father and
daughter or
stepdaughter
child or
stepchild;
(2)
Mother and
son or
stepson
child or
stepchild;
(3)
Sibling
Brother and
sister of the whole blood or of the half
blood and
sibling of the whole blood or of the half
blood;
(4)
Grandparent and grandchild;
(5)
Aunt and niece
or nephew; or
(6)
Uncle and niece
or
nephew."
SECTION
1.1.
Said
title is further amended by revising Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 12, relating
to offenses related to minors generally, by adding a new Code section