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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relative Search by DFCS; foster placement for a child adjudicated as a dependent; determine such child's permanency plan; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-211 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to relative search by DFCS, so as to provide that a foster placement for a child adjudicated as a dependent child may be deemed as the child's fictive kin in determining such child's permanency plan; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 167"
+citation: "Georgia SB 167 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bruce Thompson", "Greg Kirk", "Matt Brass", "Renee Unterman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07233add-2a36-4c0e-8416-a47ed1255e1c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7778d0978c68f48ec323cf5b3717a9bb4d9734377b93731031b6d415eca50445"
+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 SB 167 (2019_20) — Relative Search by DFCS; foster placement for a child adjudicated as a dependent; determine such child's permanency plan; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-211 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to relative search by DFCS, so as to provide that a foster placement for a child adjudicated as a dependent child may be deemed as the child's fictive kin in determining such child's permanency plan; 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. **As introduced LC 48 0061** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182494.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184192.pdf)
+3. **LC 48 0098S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185041.pdf)
+4. **SB 167/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186765.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
+- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-02** Act 143 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07233add-2a36-4c0e-8416-a47ed1255e1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+