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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Early care and learning; revise terminology relating to restrictions on persons with criminal records with regard to child, family or group-care facilities; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning; to amend Code Section 16-12-1.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restrictions on persons with criminal records with regard to child, family, or group-care facilities, so as to revise terminology; to amend Code Section 25-2-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards in buildings presenting special hazards to persons or property, so as to revise terminology; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 401"
+citation: "Georgia HB 401 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Broadrick", "Chuck Efstration", "Katie Dempsey", "Mandi Ballinger"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-19"
+last_action: "2016-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a4ec421-6db7-45ad-a381-2db1fdd4cd1c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "ab7f3e586a7c20ec6afe9bd8ae0f780f3b32001651a4ba8ac82742e2dd71a252"
+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 401 (2015_16) — Early care and learning; revise terminology relating to restrictions on persons with criminal records with regard to child, family or group-care facilities; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning; to amend Code Section 16-12-1.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restrictions on persons with criminal records with regard to child, family, or group-care facilities, so as to revise terminology; to amend Code Section 25-2-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards in buildings presenting special hazards to persons or property, so as to revise terminology; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 401/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153842.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0825ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148503.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-19** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** 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 `passage`
+- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 163 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a4ec421-6db7-45ad-a381-2db1fdd4cd1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+