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type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Code, Domestic Relations, and Vital Records; repeal voluntary acknowledgments of legitimation"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Georgia SB 64 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e1ddf49-8e56-4ddb-b2e4-394ec0245bbd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1bddd3dcf015b17eccb71e501069d6a6a29482f22033bf703106c77fef32d0f8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146135.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151035.pdf)
3. **CCR to SB 64 LC 29 7138S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162367.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 29 2368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150761.pdf)
5. **LC 29 6630S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152272.pdf)
6. **LC 29 6670S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153680.pdf)
7. **SB 64/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162516.pdf)
8. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 37 0295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153793.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **513** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e1ddf49-8e56-4ddb-b2e4-394ec0245bbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).