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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Domestic relations; grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; expand"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to expand grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; to conform cross-references relating to adoption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 229"
+citation: "Georgia HB 229 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Barry Fleming", "Brian Strickland", "Dustin Hightower", "John Meadows", "LaDawn Jones"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-04"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eabbfee-c12e-4ff7-bb37-51d7e4d68263"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "16b039202e64b5ae7ad70241445c31f245dddc522c5d83d0ce975c3ac6a7e7b7"
+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 229 (2015_16) — Domestic relations; grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; expand
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to expand grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; to conform cross-references relating to adoption; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159217.pdf)
+2. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2551** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161478.pdf)
+3. **HB 229/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162379.pdf)
+4. **HB 229/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159315.pdf)
+5. **LC 29 6241/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146937.pdf)
+6. **LC 29 7007S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158579.pdf)
+7. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2216ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160301.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
+- John Meadows — primary (person)
+- LaDawn Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-04** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 333 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eabbfee-c12e-4ff7-bb37-51d7e4d68263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+