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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Adoption; postadoption contact agreements; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to adoption, so as to provide for postadoption contact agreements; to provide for procedure; to provide for jurisdiction; to provide for modification of such agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 21"
+citation: "Georgia HB 21 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mary Oliver"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2012-11-29"
+last_action: "2013-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c1a1965-d160-41db-9214-303c2257d2f3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "2b0c157249dcebe2c09e7b24b8426aaecc6892e082556ca07cd8b17b31571fc9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 21 (2013_14) — Adoption; postadoption contact agreements; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to adoption, so as to provide for postadoption contact agreements; to provide for procedure; to provide for jurisdiction; to provide for modification of such agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 21/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136914.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5337/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128149.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5337/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128029.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 5554S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133015.pdf)
+5. **LC 29 5554S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132352.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 5642S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134490.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **157–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2012-11-29** House Prefiled `introduction`
+- **2013-01-14** House Hopper
+- **2013-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-01-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
+- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-07** Act 337 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c1a1965-d160-41db-9214-303c2257d2f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+