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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Child Abuse Records Protection Act\"; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse and deprivation records, so as to provide for greater confidentiality of child abuse records; to provide for and revise definitions; to change provisions relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records of child abuse; to provide for contents of a protective order; to provide for immunity for child advocacy centers in releasing child abuse records under certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; 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 725"
+citation: "Georgia HB 725 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Earl Ehrhart", "Jason Spencer", "Mandi Ballinger", "Stacey Evans", "Tom Weldon", "Wes Cantrell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-07"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38be2b10-e94f-4f2a-81ac-81ac28b10a57"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f1b6c8dcc4456eecffec01b7ae64dc3ac1e91322073cf6073c1ca029b4f713b0"
+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 725 (2015_16) — "Child Abuse Records Protection Act"; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse and deprivation records, so as to provide for greater confidentiality of child abuse records; to provide for and revise definitions; to change provisions relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records of child abuse; to provide for contents of a protective order; to provide for immunity for child advocacy centers in releasing child abuse records under certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; 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 725/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160502.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 6774/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154448.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6774/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154196.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 7025S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159262.pdf)
+5. **LC 29 7025S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158576.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
+- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
+- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
+- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-07** House Prefiled `introduction`
+- **2016-01-13** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-15** 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`
+- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 344 `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/38be2b10-e94f-4f2a-81ac-81ac28b10a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+