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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adoption; postadoption contact agreements; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to adoption, so as to provide for postadoption contact agreements; to provide for procedure; to provide for jurisdiction; to provide for modification of such agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 21"
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citation: "Georgia HB 21 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mary Oliver"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2012-11-29"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c1a1965-d160-41db-9214-303c2257d2f3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2b0c157249dcebe2c09e7b24b8426aaecc6892e082556ca07cd8b17b31571fc9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 21 (2013_14) — Adoption; postadoption contact agreements; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to adoption, so as to provide for postadoption contact agreements; to provide for procedure; to provide for jurisdiction; to provide for modification of such agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 21/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136914.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 5337/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128149.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 5337/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128029.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 5554S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133015.pdf)
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5. **LC 29 5554S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132352.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 5642S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134490.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **157–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-11-29** House Prefiled `introduction`
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- **2013-01-14** House Hopper
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- **2013-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-01-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
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- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-07** Act 337 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c1a1965-d160-41db-9214-303c2257d2f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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