republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-64.md

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Bill	Juvenile Code, Domestic Relations, and Vital Records; repeal voluntary acknowledgments of legitimation	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-2, Title 19, and Chapter 10 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions for the Juvenile Code, domestic relations, and vital records, respectively, so as to repeal voluntary acknowledgments of legitimation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 64	Georgia SB 64 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Chuck Hufstetler Emanuel Jones	8	25	1	2015-01-28	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7e1ddf49-8e56-4ddb-b2e4-394ec0245bbd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1bddd3dcf015b17eccb71e501069d6a6a29482f22033bf703106c77fef32d0f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 64 (2015_16) — Juvenile Code, Domestic Relations, and Vital Records; repeal voluntary acknowledgments of legitimation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-2, Title 19, and Chapter 10 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions for the Juvenile Code, domestic relations, and vital records, respectively, so as to repeal voluntary acknowledgments of legitimation; 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 29 6151 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. CCR to SB 64 LC 29 7138S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 29 2368 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 6630S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 29 6670S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 64/AP* (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen fl amend 1 AM 37 0295 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 51–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-28 Senate Hopper
• 2015-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-02-11 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2015-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2015-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2015-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-22 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-24 Senate Insisted
• 2016-03-24 House Insisted
• 2016-03-24 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 10th, 14th, 52nd
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Appointed 3rd, 110th, 179th
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-03-25 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 404 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e1ddf49-8e56-4ddb-b2e4-394ec0245bbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).