19 LC 33 7607 Senate Bill 40 By: Senators Jackson of the 2nd, Jones of the 10th, Henson of the 41st, Sims of the 12th and Rahman of the 5th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1 To amend Code Section 16-6-5.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to 2 sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority, so as to prohibit sexual 3 contact between an employee or volunteer of any school and a student enrolled at such 4 school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 6 SECTION 1. 7 Code Section 16-6-5.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual assault 8 by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority, is amended by adding a new subsection 9 to read as follows: 10 "(d.1) A person who is 18 years of age or older, who is an employee or volunteer of any 11 school, who is not a student at such school, whether or not he or she has supervisory or 12 disciplinary authority over a student commits sexual assault when such employee or 13 volunteer engages in sexual contact with such student who the actor knew or should have 14 known is enrolled at the same school." 15 SECTION 2. 16 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. S. B. 40 - 1 -