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88 lines
4.9 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 168"
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citation: "Georgia SB 168 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-14"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ed41ec9-b79a-45b0-8d1f-e8b77d053e51"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "96ffc85796c6e63aa18e3aec331e4336888c9eef0feb3cb07ee24b0d1f0baa64"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Steve Henson — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-14** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-06** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 170 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ed41ec9-b79a-45b0-8d1f-e8b77d053e51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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