---
type: "Bill"
title: "Missing Children Information Center; provide missing child reports for foster children"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Missing Children Information Center, so as to provide for missing child reports for foster children; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 358"
citation: "Georgia SB 358 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Earl Carter", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Jack Murphy", "John Albers", "Renee Unterman", "Rick Jeffares", "Ross Tolleson", "Steve Gooch", "William Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dfec8e4-9239-49a9-b06c-77a7215b4782"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d570d2669e36bb11075f42c376b312749254a9276965ef6435dd255a85b9854f"
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 358 (2013_14) — Missing Children Information Center; provide missing child reports for foster children

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Missing Children Information Center, so as to provide for missing child reports for foster children; 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 5438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138961.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141787.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 37 1746S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141381.pdf)
4. **SB 358/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144749.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Earl Carter — primary (person)
- Fran Millar — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jack Murphy — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- William Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-05** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Act 585 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dfec8e4-9239-49a9-b06c-77a7215b4782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).