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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; parental rights; prioritize placement of a child with an adult or fictive kin qualified to care for such child"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dependency proceedings and termination of parental rights, respectively, so as to prioritize the placement of a child with a relative who is an adult or fictive kin when such individual is qualified to care for such child and it is in the best interests of the child; 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 887"
+citation: "Georgia HB 887 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Mandi Ballinger", "Regina Quick", "Stacey Abrams", "Stacey Evans"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-02"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/342e8186-c1ab-4019-84ac-96313139525f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6d1df13fd9b99d04b74709b42f1dc8055774f48738e73cb7dc40a0c8fa9e607b"
+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 887 (2015_16) — Courts; parental rights; prioritize placement of a child with an adult or fictive kin qualified to care for such child
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dependency proceedings and termination of parental rights, respectively, so as to prioritize the placement of a child with a relative who is an adult or fictive kin when such individual is qualified to care for such child and it is in the best interests of the child; 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 2545ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161078.pdf)
+2. **HB 887/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162400.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6848ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156160.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 6986ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158976.pdf)
+5. **LC 29 6986ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158392.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2191ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159606.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Regina Quick — primary (person)
+- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
+- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-02** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 337 `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/342e8186-c1ab-4019-84ac-96313139525f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+