---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paternity; testing in certain cases; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of paternity, so as to revise provisions relative to paternity testing in certain cases; to provide for reimbursement of paternity testing costs incurred by the Department of Human Services; 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 568"
citation: "Georgia HB 568 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "David Wilkerson", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Tom Weldon", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-05"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f63e261f-a46f-475b-b18d-7096497ea4b6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "76a399e49ac235bdbb7358455ade751e6ae5f3611a93447bca83fa0bce8158ac"
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 568 (2015_16) — Paternity; testing in certain cases; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of paternity, so as to revise provisions relative to paternity testing in certain cases; to provide for reimbursement of paternity testing costs incurred by the Department of Human Services; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2390** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151317.pdf)
2. **HB 568/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153763.pdf)
3. **HB 568/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151329.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6562S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150733.pdf)
5. **LC 40 0879/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150327.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0919S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152524.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-05** House Hopper
- **2015-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** 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
- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 252 `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/f63e261f-a46f-475b-b18d-7096497ea4b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).