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| Bill | Protecting Military Children Act; enact | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parent and child relationship general provisions, so as to require child welfare agencies to make efforts to determine whether a parent or guardian of a child who is the subject of abuse allegations is on active duty in the military; to require certain notifications to military installation family advocacy programs; to provide for the reporting of child abuse to military law enforcement in certain situations; to provide for immunity for the reporting of child abuse to military law enforcement; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 64 | Georgia HB 64 (2019_20) |
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4 | 15 | 1 | 2019-01-28 | 2019-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/1505c045-0efc-4f19-bf7d-217bd06a3b66 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | ba8394938280e9a1ebd3ffac44e545a0a52460a297c780a3ef0ea9cb66a47cae | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 64 (2019_20) — Protecting Military Children Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parent and child relationship general provisions, so as to require child welfare agencies to make efforts to determine whether a parent or guardian of a child who is the subject of abuse allegations is on active duty in the military; to require certain notifications to military installation family advocacy programs; to provide for the reporting of child abuse to military law enforcement in certain situations; to provide for immunity for the reporting of child abuse to military law enforcement; to provide for a short title; 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.
- HB 64/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 1694/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 0060S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 0060S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 169–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brian Prince — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-28 House Hopper
- 2019-01-29 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-01-30 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-02-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-01 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-21 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-25 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-04-04 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-07 Act 268
executive-signature - 2019-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1505c045-0efc-4f19-bf7d-217bd06a3b66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).