republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-387.md

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Bill	Identification Cards; certain applicants who are either homeless or in the legal custody of the Division of Family and Children Services do not require signatures; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to identification cards for persons without drivers' licenses, so as to provide that personal identification card applications of certain applicants who are either homeless or in the legal custody of the Division of Family and Children Services do not require signatures by the applicant's parent, guardian, or responsible adult; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to children and youth services, so as to authorize the Department of Human Services to establish programs that will provide a child or youth entering foster care with a photograph; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 387	Georgia SB 387 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Derek Mallow Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Lee Anderson Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Russ Goodman	3	15	2	2024-01-24	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/10cb0a78-8375-4f2a-a6c4-fd6c6fa000ba	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4e4b0584e9ed622c57af84a7273ad5b893581df84b57c68ce721415e384ef122	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 387 (2023_24) — Identification Cards; certain applicants who are either homeless or in the legal custody of the Division of Family and Children Services do not require signatures; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to identification cards for persons without drivers' licenses, so as to provide that personal identification card applications of certain applicants who are either homeless or in the legal custody of the Division of Family and Children Services do not require signatures by the applicant's parent, guardian, or responsible adult; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to children and youth services, so as to authorize the Department of Human Services to establish programs that will provide a child or youth entering foster care with a photograph; 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 57 0051 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 387/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #531 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #696 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 161–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-08 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-14 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Act 467 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10cb0a78-8375-4f2a-a6c4-fd6c6fa000ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).