republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-962.md

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Bill	Human Services, Department of; creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Human Services generally, so as to provide for the creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 962	Georgia HB 962 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Carolyn Hugley Dexter Sharper Karen Bennett Katie Dempsey Stacey Abrams Tommy Benton	8	17	1	2016-02-09	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/364fc516-3c66-4ee0-b21a-6443e558d0c7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c9c623beb4b2d212691de75455922c36caf603d80d33a41b42dfad8ebdcbbb46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 962 (2015_16) — Human Services, Department of; creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Human Services generally, so as to provide for the creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; to provide a definition; 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 36 0565 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 962/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 7016S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 7016S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 36 2926/a (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB962 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2188S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor AM 1 AM 43 0026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 160–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
• Karen Bennett — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
• Tommy Benton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 House Hopper
• 2016-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 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
• 2016-03-16 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
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 409 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/364fc516-3c66-4ee0-b21a-6443e558d0c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).