Georgia House Bill HR2027

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 3/31/26
• Enrolled: 3/31/26
• Passed: 3/31/26

Caption

Kemp, First Lady Marty; commend

Summary

House Resolution 2027 is a congratulatory resolution that commends Georgia First Lady Marty Kemp for her leadership in combating human trafficking. The resolution recounts her role in supporting a coordinated state response through legislation, enforcement initiatives, and victim-centered services aimed at protecting survivors and holding offenders accountable. The resolution highlights a series of anti-trafficking measures advanced since 2019, including protections for child victims, limits on prosecuting minors for prostitution, stronger penalties for crimes against children, record-sealing and conviction-vacatur options for survivors, and private name-change procedures. It also notes the creation of the GRACE Commission, the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit, and victim services such as Grace’s Place, as well as a 2025 measure treating commercial sexual exploitation of children as human trafficking.

Impact

Because HR 2027 is a House Resolution rather than a substantive bill, it does not change the Georgia Code or create new legal obligations. Its effect is ceremonial: it formally recognizes Marty Kemp’s advocacy and summarizes the state’s anti-human trafficking policy developments, including criminal justice, survivor relief, and victim services measures referenced in the resolution.

Sentiment

The sentiment around the resolution is strongly positive and appreciative. The text describes the anti-trafficking efforts as exemplary, notes that the referenced 2025 measure was adopted unanimously by the General Assembly, and frames the overall legislative and programmatic response as a successful, sustained effort to protect vulnerable people and improve outcomes for survivors.

Contention

There is little apparent contention in the resolution itself, and no committee transcript or vote record is provided showing debate. The only potentially sensitive subject matter is the underlying human trafficking policy, including criminal penalties, prosecution of minors, and survivor record relief, but the resolution presents these as broadly supported accomplishments rather than disputed issues.