republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1409.md

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Bill	Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse	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 provisions relative to parent and child relationship generally, so as to revise mandated reporting of child abuse; to provide for definitions; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for the use of a secure web based reporting platform; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1409	Georgia HB 1409 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE) DOMESTIC RELATIONS EDUCATION PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES	enacted	Beth Camp Carmen Rice Holt Persinger Karen Mathiak Katie Dempsey Matt Hatchett	9	17	4	2026-02-20	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/104fa600-e1c2-4bf7-aa50-301eca4ab94f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	179c99c2670efef3ebabd1ae5399d296059bed96050870f92f2badac81975c81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1409 (2025_26) — Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse

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 provisions relative to parent and child relationship generally, so as to revise mandated reporting of child abuse; to provide for definitions; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for the use of a secure web based reporting platform; 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. HB 1409/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1764/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1781S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1781S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 1409 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee Sub LC 48 1834S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen Floor Amend 2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #880 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 155–12 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #932 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #685 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 39–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beth Camp — primary (person)
• Carmen Rice — primary (person)
• Holt Persinger — primary (person)
• Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-20 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2026-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Veto V7 executive-veto

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/104fa600-e1c2-4bf7-aa50-301eca4ab94f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).