Georgia Create Human Trafficking Victims Fund Amendment (2024)

Georgia Create Human Trafficking Victims Fund Amendment
Election date November 5, 2024
Topic Civil and criminal trials and Healthcare
Status Not on the ballot
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

The Georgia Create Human Trafficking Victims Fund Amendment was not on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.

This amendment would have created the Human Trafficking Victims Fund funded through additional penalties assessed on those found guilty of human trafficking to pay for services for victims of sexual exploitation.

Text of the measure

Full text

The full text of the amendment is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote vote is required in both the Georgia State Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives.

On February 29, 2024, the state Senate approved Senate Resolution 616 proposing this amendment by a vote of 55-0, with one member excused or not voting. The measure was not passed before the legislature adjourned its 2024 session.

Vote in the Georgia State Senate February 29, 2024
Requirement:
Number of yes votes required: 38  a
	Yes	No	Not voting
Total	55	0	1
Total percent	98.21%	0.00%	1.79%
Democrat	22	0	1
Republican	33	0	0

See also

2024 measures

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• Civil and criminal trials on the ballot
• Healthcare on the ballot

Georgia

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External links

• Senate Resolution 616