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Bill	Hidden Predator Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 9 and Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations of actions and child abuse and deprivation records, respectively, so as to extend the statute of limitations for actions for childhood sexual abuse; to provide for a short title; to provide for limitations of liability for certain legal entities; to change provisions relating to tolling of limitations for a minor's cause of action; to change provisions relating to the tolling of limitations for tort actions while criminal prosecution is pending; to change provisions relating to the confidentiality and use of certain records; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 17	Georgia HB 17 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Greg Morris Jason Spencer Margaret Kaiser Mary Oliver Paulette Rakestraw	14	17	1	2014-12-03	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bd5b1d31-85a9-4d83-8081-587c7a03c379	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f2aae0a5a5d30e2a9231c50e75b9ce21dbc599da784ab264ddd8981f415bd104	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 17 (2015_16) — Hidden Predator Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 9 and Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations of actions and child abuse and deprivation records, respectively, so as to extend the statute of limitations for actions for childhood sexual abuse; to provide for a short title; to provide for limitations of liability for certain legal entities; to change provisions relating to tolling of limitations for a minor's cause of action; to change provisions relating to the tolling of limitations for tort actions while criminal prosecution is pending; to change provisions relating to the confidentiality and use of certain records; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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. HB 17/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6112/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6112/pf (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6550S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 6550S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 17 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6632S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen fl amend 1 AM 29 2460 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen fl amend 2 AM 29 2465 (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen fl amend 3 AM 29 2450 (committee substitute) — source
11. Sen floor am 1a (committee substitute) — source
12. Sen floor am 1b (committee substitute) — source
13. Sen floor am 1c (committee substitute) — source
14. Sen floor am 3a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Greg Morris — primary (person)
• Jason Spencer — primary (person)
• Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Paulette Rakestraw — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-12-03 House Prefiled introduction
• 2015-01-15 House Hopper
• 2015-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-09 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
• 2015-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 97 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd5b1d31-85a9-4d83-8081-587c7a03c379. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).