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Bill Child Abuse; permitted to access child abuse records by department, or county, or other state or local agency; extend; Central Child Abuse Registry; permit access A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse, so as to extend the persons and agencies permitted to access child abuse records by the department or a county or other state or local agency; to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Central Child Abuse Registry, so as to permit access to information in the child abuse registry to certain governmental entities investigating allegations of child abuse; to permit access to child abuse registry to certain child-placing entities conducting foster and adoptive parent background checks; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 SB 168 Georgia SB 168 (2017_18)
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Ben Watson
Bill Cowsert
Butch Miller
Chuck Hufstetler
Fran Millar
Gloria Butler
Greg Kirk
Jeff Mullis
John Kennedy
Lawrence Walker III
Lester Jackson
Matt Brass
Mike Dugan
Nan Orrock
P. K. Martin IV
Steve Henson
William Ligon, Jr.
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Georgia SB 168 (2017_18) — Child Abuse; permitted to access child abuse records by department, or county, or other state or local agency; extend; Central Child Abuse Registry; permit access

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse, so as to extend the persons and agencies permitted to access child abuse records by the department or a county or other state or local agency; to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Central Child Abuse Registry, so as to permit access to information in the child abuse registry to certain governmental entities investigating allegations of child abuse; to permit access to child abuse registry to certain child-placing entities conducting foster and adoptive parent background checks; 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 — 530 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Butch Miller — primary (person)
  • Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
  • Fran Millar — primary (person)
  • Gloria Butler — primary (person)
  • Greg Kirk — primary (person)
  • Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
  • John Kennedy — primary (person)
  • Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
  • Lester Jackson — primary (person)
  • Matt Brass — primary (person)
  • Mike Dugan — primary (person)
  • Nan Orrock — primary (person)
  • P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
  • Steve Henson — primary (person)
  • William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-14 Senate Hopper
  • 2017-02-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2017-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2017-02-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2017-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2017-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2017-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2017-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2017-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2017-04-06 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2017-05-08 Act 170 executive-signature
  • 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ed41ec9-b79a-45b0-8d1f-e8b77d053e51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).