---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse; mandatory reporters; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse and when it is mandated or authorized, so as to change provisions relating to mandatory reporters; to provide for procedure; 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 268"
citation: "Georgia HB 268 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Joyce Chandler", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Hatchett", "Valerie Clark"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-09"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/968e021e-4824-4e48-be88-b9e94604e6ff"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4373694565e44ea8e7194594b1d5aae176d5b28b858ef2e46faee536233cdfe8"
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 268 (2015_16) — Child abuse; mandatory reporters; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse and when it is mandated or authorized, so as to change provisions relating to mandatory reporters; to provide for procedure; 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 268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153783.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6210/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147077.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6417S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151139.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6417S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149705.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6643S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152523.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **172–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Valerie Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 134 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/968e021e-4824-4e48-be88-b9e94604e6ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).