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Bill Domestic relations; adoption; permit the department to use certain information in the records concerning the adopted child's biological parents A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adoption, so as to permit the department to use certain information in the department's records concerning the adopted child's biological parents; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2015_16 HB 1070 Georgia HB 1070 (2015_16)
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James Epps
Katie Dempsey
Mary Oliver
Penny Houston
Wendell Willard
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Georgia HB 1070 (2015_16) — Domestic relations; adoption; permit the department to use certain information in the records concerning the adopted child's biological parents

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adoption, so as to permit the department to use certain information in the department's records concerning the adopted child's biological parents; 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 1070/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 37 2080ER/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. SCSFA to HB 1070 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2214ERS (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Floor Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1620 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Erica Thomas — primary (person)
  • James Epps — primary (person)
  • Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
  • Mary Oliver — primary (person)
  • Penny Houston — primary (person)
  • Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-02-22 House Hopper
  • 2016-02-23 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2016-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2016-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2016-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2016-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
  • 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2016-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2016-05-03 Act 541 executive-signature
  • 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d40f510-282f-4325-bc0a-2ff015b551d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).