republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-331.md

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Bill	Courts; causing a child to be conceived; violating certain prohibitions relating certain offenses; additional ground for terminating parental rights	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-2 and Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions for the Juvenile Code and domestic relations, respectively, so as to provide that causing a child to be conceived as a result of violating certain prohibitions relating to certain offenses is an additional ground for terminating parental rights; to revise definitions; to provide that causing a child to be conceived as a result of violating certain prohibitions relating to certain offenses is an additional ground for losing parental rights and is relevant in certain adoption proceedings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 331	Georgia SB 331 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Dean Burke Donzella James Ellis Black Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Greg Kirk Horacena Tate Hunter Hill JaNice VanNess Jack Hill Jeff Mullis John Albers John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Larry Walker, III Lindsey Tippins Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michael Williams Mike Crane Renee Unterman Steve Gooch Steve Henson Tommie Williams Tyler Harper Valencia Seay Vincent Fort William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	7	17	1	2016-02-04	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f597f277-9d29-4eb3-9f8c-620ddab70dfb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b2bf807544212efc44a9dfeb71cc7ffd53654f1dd6dd60c2c4f0d73081471e1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 331 (2015_16) — Courts; causing a child to be conceived; violating certain prohibitions relating certain offenses; additional ground for terminating parental rights

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-2 and Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions for the Juvenile Code and domestic relations, respectively, so as to provide that causing a child to be conceived as a result of violating certain prohibitions relating to certain offenses is an additional ground for terminating parental rights; to revise definitions; to provide that causing a child to be conceived as a result of violating certain prohibitions relating to certain offenses is an additional ground for losing parental rights and is relevant in certain adoption proceedings; 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 28 7894 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 6942S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment AM 29 2541 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 7082S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 331/AP* (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 331/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Crane — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• Vincent Fort — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-17 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 House Postponed
• 2016-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 361 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f597f277-9d29-4eb3-9f8c-620ddab70dfb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).