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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Juvenile Code and Domestic Relations; provisions relating to the protection of children; strengthen, clarify and update"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 and Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code and domestic relations, so as to strengthen, clarify, and update provisions relating to the protection of children; to require annual training for juvenile court intake officers; to provide for the consideration of evidence, including hearsay evidence, in certain juvenile proceedings; to revise provisions relative to the Juvenile Code and the reporting of child abuse; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 28"
+citation: "Georgia SB 28 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2022-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f28baf3-7ec6-4227-86db-837a7ed6ecc2"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3d49232efd8c5b27d8527f3f39a10ff463499a2c7fc580b20d13c709a214cb0a"
+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 28 (2021_22) — Juvenile Code and Domestic Relations; provisions relating to the protection of children; strengthen, clarify and update
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 and Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code and domestic relations, so as to strengthen, clarify, and update provisions relating to the protection of children; to require annual training for juvenile court intake officers; to provide for the consideration of evidence, including hearsay evidence, in certain juvenile proceedings; to revise provisions relative to the Juvenile Code and the reporting of child abuse; 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. **As introduced LC 33 8495-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196006.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198989.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 8763-ECS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200865.pdf)
+4. **SB 28/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201755.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 138 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f28baf3-7ec6-4227-86db-837a7ed6ecc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+