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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child abuse; mandatory reporters; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse and when it is mandated or authorized, so as to change provisions relating to mandatory reporters; to provide for procedure; 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 268"
+citation: "Georgia HB 268 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Joyce Chandler", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Hatchett", "Valerie Clark"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-09"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/968e021e-4824-4e48-be88-b9e94604e6ff"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4373694565e44ea8e7194594b1d5aae176d5b28b858ef2e46faee536233cdfe8"
+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 268 (2015_16) — Child abuse; mandatory reporters; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse and when it is mandated or authorized, so as to change provisions relating to mandatory reporters; to provide for procedure; 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 268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153783.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 6210/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147077.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6417S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151139.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 6417S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149705.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6643S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152523.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amy Carter — primary (person)
+- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 134 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/968e021e-4824-4e48-be88-b9e94604e6ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+