Georgia House passes bill to expand definition of incest
A bill that would define sex between a grandparent and a stepgrandchild as incest passed the Georgia House on Thursday.
Current Georgia law defines incest as sexual intercourse between a variety of close relatives, including parents and children or stepchildren, and grandparents and grandchildren. But it does not include grandparents and stepgrandchildren among those relationships.
House Bill 327 would add the grandparent-stepgrandchild relationship to the definition of incest. Rep. Mike Cameron, R-Rossville, said the bill would address a situation that arose in Georgia.
“We just need to send a message that we’re going to protect our young people against this,” Cameron told the House.
The bill passed by a vote of 166-0. It now goes to the state Senate.
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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
