---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child custody; require parenting plans to be incorporated into final orders; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-9-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parenting plans, so as to change provisions requiring parenting plans to be incorporated into final orders involving the custody of a 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 52"
citation: "Georgia HB 52 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Beskin", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "LaDawn Jones", "Mary Oliver", "Regina Quick", "Tom Weldon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-13"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ecd0a4e-a08f-4602-bf6e-2ea9cd382ba3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dae77bcfa3a43cd29ee2e4b07737230927208e06808f40fab506b2a1d8a52887"
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 52 (2015_16) — Child custody; require parenting plans to be incorporated into final orders; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-9-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parenting plans, so as to change provisions requiring parenting plans to be incorporated into final orders involving the custody of a 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. **HB 52/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161035.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6113/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145364.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6996S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156701.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **174–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
- LaDawn Jones — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-13** House Hopper
- **2015-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-16** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 362 `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/7ecd0a4e-a08f-4602-bf6e-2ea9cd382ba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).