---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disabled Adults and Elder Persons Protection Act; at-risk adult protection investigative/coordinating teams; provide establishment"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Disabled Adults and Elder Persons Protection Act,\" so as to provide for the establishment of at-risk adult protective investigative/coordinating teams to coordinate the investigation of and responses to suspected instances of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of disabled adults or elder persons; to provide for a definition; to provide for immunity; to provide for coordination with the director of the Division of Aging Services; to provide for the composition, duties, and responsibilities of the at-risk adult protective investigative/coordinating teams; to provide for memoranda of understanding; to provide for confidentiality of records; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 635"
citation: "Georgia HB 635 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Bruce Broadrick", "Sharon Cooper", "Sheila Jones", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa71a2e2-2f0d-4325-bb00-bd49cd901e67"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "232cf806b2acfe3ed789e376722b98ae9c6bee857020336175523b2ec28f0d95"
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 635 (2017_18) — Disabled Adults and Elder Persons Protection Act; at-risk adult protection investigative/coordinating teams; provide establishment

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Disabled Adults and Elder Persons Protection Act," so as to provide for the establishment of at-risk adult protective investigative/coordinating teams to coordinate the investigation of and responses to suspected instances of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of disabled adults or elder persons; to provide for a definition; to provide for immunity; to provide for coordination with the director of the Division of Aging Services; to provide for the composition, duties, and responsibilities of the at-risk adult protective investigative/coordinating teams; to provide for memoranda of understanding; to provide for confidentiality of records; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** House Hopper
- **2017-03-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-01-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Act 418 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa71a2e2-2f0d-4325-bb00-bd49cd901e67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).