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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Paternity; testing in certain cases; revise provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of paternity, so as to revise provisions relative to paternity testing in certain cases; to provide for reimbursement of paternity testing costs incurred by the Department of Human Services; 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 568"
+citation: "Georgia HB 568 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "David Wilkerson", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Tom Weldon", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-03-05"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f63e261f-a46f-475b-b18d-7096497ea4b6"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "76a399e49ac235bdbb7358455ade751e6ae5f3611a93447bca83fa0bce8158ac"
+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 568 (2015_16) — Paternity; testing in certain cases; revise provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of paternity, so as to revise provisions relative to paternity testing in certain cases; to provide for reimbursement of paternity testing costs incurred by the Department of Human Services; 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 2390** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151317.pdf)
+2. **HB 568/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153763.pdf)
+3. **HB 568/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151329.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 6562S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150733.pdf)
+5. **LC 40 0879/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150327.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0919S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152524.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
+- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-03-05** House Hopper
+- **2015-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-11** 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
+- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-12** Act 252 `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/f63e261f-a46f-475b-b18d-7096497ea4b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+