republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-439.md

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Bill	Juvenile Code; enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code, so as to provide for enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; to provide for the court's consideration of issues relevant to a child's placement, care, well-being, and permanency raised by such persons; to require certain findings be made by the court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 439	Georgia SB 439 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bruce Thompson Butch Miller Chuck Hufstetler Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Matt Brass Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Steve Gooch	3	15	1	2020-02-25	2021-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/071a12c1-bdf8-4f11-bad9-1905efac796b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	64960be63dbf10a5c92c1ce1087840c42e5a5634167c115f40de865d085cfb8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 439 (2019_20) — Juvenile Code; enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code, so as to provide for enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; to provide for the court's consideration of issues relevant to a child's placement, care, well-being, and permanency raised by such persons; to require certain findings be made by the court; 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.

1. As introduced LC 41 2341 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 439/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-25 Senate Hopper
• 2020-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-03-09 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-03-09 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-21 Act 479 executive-signature
• 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/071a12c1-bdf8-4f11-bad9-1905efac796b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).