republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-138.md

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Bill	Social Services; provide for various reforms regarding the state's child welfare system	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social service; to repeal a provision relating to the Council for Welfare Administration; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 138	Georgia SB 138 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Burt Jones Butch Miller Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Curt Thompson David Lucas Dean Burke Donzella James Elena Parent Ellis Black Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Greg Kirk Horacena Tate Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Judson Hill Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michael Williams Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Rick Jeffares Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Ross Tolleson Steve Gooch Steve Henson Tommie Williams Tyler Harper William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	7	18	1	2015-02-19	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/579a333e-4d35-423c-88f2-d181e74117c7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2defc36e8f098a7f21811a1890f697979161ba5ea1ca3b10eedc4db18577a83f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 138 (2015_16) — Social Services; provide for various reforms regarding the state's child welfare system

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social service; to repeal a provision relating to the Council for Welfare Administration; 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. As introduced LC 33 5963-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 37 1974S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment - AM 33 1556 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 6651S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 138/AP* (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen fl amend 1 AM 37 0293 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 41–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-19 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-19 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2015-03-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 77 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/579a333e-4d35-423c-88f2-d181e74117c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).