republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-256.md

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Bill	Social services; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children, so as to revise provisions relating to the foster parents bill of rights; to provide for definitions; to provide that such rights include relative caregivers and fictive kin; to provide for the development of administrative procedures; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 256	Georgia HB 256 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS SOCIAL SERVICES	enacted	Chuck Efstration Clint Crowe Joseph Gullett Marcus Wiedower Matt Hatchett Rob Clifton	5	15	3	2025-02-04	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c25f2bf5-246b-4b3f-8185-f3b1c291166e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1ff50284cb41cabfbd7fe44099dfe9301e33c67202bd6a2a747459c6c27fcc44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 256 (2025_26) — Social services; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children, so as to revise provisions relating to the foster parents bill of rights; to provide for definitions; to provide that such rights include relative caregivers and fictive kin; to provide for the development of administrative procedures; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 256/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1421/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1711S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1711S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 48 1843S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #836 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 171–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #899 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #516 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Clint Crowe — primary (person)
• Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
• Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Rob Clifton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-04 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-17 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 475 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c25f2bf5-246b-4b3f-8185-f3b1c291166e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).