republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-905.md

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Bill	Courts; child abuse; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-710, Title 19, and Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exchange of information, domestic relations, and programs and protection for children and youth, so as to change provisions relating to child abuse; to correct a cross-reference; to change and provide for defined terms; to change provisions relating to protocol committees on child abuse; to remove certain reporting requirements to the child abuse registry; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 905	Georgia HB 905 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bert Reeves Chuck Efstration Katie Dempsey Mandi Ballinger Mary Oliver Rick Jasperse	5	18	1	2016-02-03	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ea136e2e-a160-4d66-9229-f63a7b9b2640	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ad966fea34bcdbc57e84f28670d4cad18c764052324483f1e31289618e4b0861	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 905 (2015_16) — Courts; child abuse; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-710, Title 19, and Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exchange of information, domestic relations, and programs and protection for children and youth, so as to change provisions relating to child abuse; to correct a cross-reference; to change and provide for defined terms; to change provisions relating to protocol committees on child abuse; to remove certain reporting requirements to the child abuse registry; 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. HB 905/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6870/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6980S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6980S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 29 7105S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bert Reeves — primary (person)
• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-03 House Hopper
• 2016-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 597 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea136e2e-a160-4d66-9229-f63a7b9b2640. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).