---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services, Department of; review of certain law enforcement conviction data with regard to persons seeking to become volunteers, interns, students, or employees; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Department of Human Services, so as to provide for the review of certain law enforcement conviction data with regard to persons seeking to become volunteers, interns, students, or employees; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "Georgia HB 578 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Barry Fleming", "Deborah Silcox", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2020-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5b61831-27fc-4d66-95bd-47a99b4d9b5d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "edceb2a7426874ba305a0af6bf59e8e38d17784ba469dff816a71c257f2a9438"
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 578 (2019_20) — Human Services, Department of; review of certain law enforcement conviction data with regard to persons seeking to become volunteers, interns, students, or employees; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Department of Human Services, so as to provide for the review of certain law enforcement conviction data with regard to persons seeking to become volunteers, interns, students, or employees; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 578/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194387.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9312ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183911.pdf)
3. **LC 33 8292S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191689.pdf)
4. **LC 33 8292S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191058.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** House Hopper
- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-16** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-16** Act 476 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-16** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5b61831-27fc-4d66-95bd-47a99b4d9b5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).