republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-229.md

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Bill	Domestic relations; grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; expand	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to expand grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; to conform cross-references relating to adoption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 229	Georgia HB 229 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Barry Fleming Brian Strickland Dustin Hightower John Meadows LaDawn Jones	7	17	1	2015-02-04	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1eabbfee-c12e-4ff7-bb37-51d7e4d68263	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	16b039202e64b5ae7ad70241445c31f245dddc522c5d83d0ce975c3ac6a7e7b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 229 (2015_16) — Domestic relations; grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; expand

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to expand grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; to conform cross-references relating to adoption; 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.

1. Floor Amendment AM 29 2516 (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor Amendment AM 29 2551 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 229/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. HB 229/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 6241/a (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 29 7007S/hs (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2216ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
• John Meadows — primary (person)
• LaDawn Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-04 House Hopper
• 2015-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute 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
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 333 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1eabbfee-c12e-4ff7-bb37-51d7e4d68263. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).