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type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic relations; department's information concerning the parties to an adoption under certain circumstances; allow for the use"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for adoption, so as to allow for the use of the department's information concerning the parties to an adoption under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 920"
citation: "Georgia HB 920 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Chad Nimmer", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d71a331-1862-4c67-91d5-c5c800683b4a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a387c1223e63adb43b3c4864f01025f4060294b4fc9844fb88bc2a949752e8a7"
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 HB 920 (2017_18) — Domestic relations; department's information concerning the parties to an adoption under certain circumstances; allow for the use
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for adoption, so as to allow for the use of the department's information concerning the parties to an adoption under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1670** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-13** House Hopper
- **2018-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 473 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d71a331-1862-4c67-91d5-c5c800683b4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).