republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-167.md

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Bill	Relative Search by DFCS; foster placement for a child adjudicated as a dependent; determine such child's permanency plan; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-211 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to relative search by DFCS, so as to provide that a foster placement for a child adjudicated as a dependent child may be deemed as the child's fictive kin in determining such child's permanency plan; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 167	Georgia SB 167 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bruce Thompson Greg Kirk Matt Brass Renee Unterman	4	16	1	2019-02-22	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/07233add-2a36-4c0e-8416-a47ed1255e1c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7778d0978c68f48ec323cf5b3717a9bb4d9734377b93731031b6d415eca50445	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 167 (2019_20) — Relative Search by DFCS; foster placement for a child adjudicated as a dependent; determine such child's permanency plan; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-211 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to relative search by DFCS, so as to provide that a foster placement for a child adjudicated as a dependent child may be deemed as the child's fictive kin in determining such child's permanency plan; 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 48 0061 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 0098S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 167/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-02 Act 143 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07233add-2a36-4c0e-8416-a47ed1255e1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).