History. Code 1981, § 16-12-171 , enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 945, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 343, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 483, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 16; Ga. L. 2004, p. 332, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 497, § 1/SB 95; Ga. L. 2014, p. 130, § 2/HB 251; Ga. L. 2020, p. 257, § 1/SB 375; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 16/HB 497.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 22, 2020, rewrote subsections (a) and (b) and added subsection (c).
The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, inserted a comma following “subsection” in the second sentence of paragraph (c)(1).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1987, “subparagraphs (A) and (B)” was substituted for “subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)” in subparagraph (b)(2)(C).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2020, a period was deleted at the end of subparagraph (b)(1)(A).
Law reviews.
For review of 1996 offenses against public health and morals legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1996).
For article with annual survey on evidence, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 111 (2021).