---
type: "Bill"
title: "Central Caregiver Registry; disabled persons to the registry; add"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14A of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central caregiver registry, so as to add disabled persons to the registry; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 456"
citation: "Georgia SB 456 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brian Strickland", "John Albers", "Josh McLaurin", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Sally Harrell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a859def1-c20d-4e64-beab-76b32cff1767"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "049d602efc752ee57f27587b784d82844163579116808e0d6a2561dd11a68f2f"
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 SB 456 (2023_24) — Central Caregiver Registry; disabled persons to the registry; add

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14A of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central caregiver registry, so as to add disabled persons to the registry; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 49 1696** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222906.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225759.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 52 0508S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225165.pdf)
4. **SB 456/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227766.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #709 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #558 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 619 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a859def1-c20d-4e64-beab-76b32cff1767`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).