republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-555.md

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Bill	Courts; provide reporting of certain statistics regarding juveniles seeking abortions without parental notice; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for the reporting of certain statistics regarding juveniles seeking abortions without parental notice; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abortion, so as to make reporting requirements applicable to all abortions performed; to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Woman's Right to Know Act," so as to make reporting requirements applicable to all abortions performed; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to State Employees' Health Insurance Plan, so as to clarify that elective abortions are not covered under the state health insurance plan; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 555	Georgia HB 555 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barbara Sims Darlene Taylor Ed Setzler Joyce Chandler Valerie Clark Wes Cantrell	8	17	1	2015-03-04	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/dec7b7a6-dc75-4b9d-b9e0-eb1ed1e88933	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	95868cca44f18e61f14f6338d6260cabf9e0344938966ce0acf7cb4f756662b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 555 (2015_16) — Courts; provide reporting of certain statistics regarding juveniles seeking abortions without parental notice; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for the reporting of certain statistics regarding juveniles seeking abortions without parental notice; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abortion, so as to make reporting requirements applicable to all abortions performed; to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Woman's Right to Know Act," so as to make reporting requirements applicable to all abortions performed; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to State Employees' Health Insurance Plan, so as to clarify that elective abortions are not covered under the state health insurance plan; 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 37 0311 (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor amend 1 AM 25 1375 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 555/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 28 7552/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 37 2123S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 37 2123S/hs (committee substitute) — source
7. SCSFA to HB555 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2190S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 119–51 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Sims — primary (person)
• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
• Valerie Clark — primary (person)
• Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-04 House Hopper
• 2015-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-17 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-14 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-14 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 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 424 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dec7b7a6-dc75-4b9d-b9e0-eb1ed1e88933. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).