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type: "Bill"
title: "Group-care facility operators; persons otherwise issued licenses as provided by law; provide exceptions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-1.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to child, family, or group-care facility operators prohibited from employing or allowing to reside or be domiciled persons with certain past criminal violations, so as to provide for exceptions for persons otherwise issued licenses as provided by law; to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to early care and learning; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 350"
citation: "Georgia HB 350 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "Bill Hitchens", "Christian Coomer", "Jay Neal", "Matt Hatchett", "Matt Ramsey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2488a1c0-5a58-4e33-bc37-d549139bdf0f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "df0bb35e46a89695e781d38efb7dd4ab0e8912c5714708e9035819a59e88ccce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 350 (2013_14) — Group-care facility operators; persons otherwise issued licenses as provided by law; provide exceptions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-1.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to child, family, or group-care facility operators prohibited from employing or allowing to reside or be domiciled persons with certain past criminal violations, so as to provide for exceptions for persons otherwise issued licenses as provided by law; to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to early care and learning; 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 350/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135114.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2090/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130887.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5557S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133137.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5557S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132725.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **154–18** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Allen Peake — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Jay Neal — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-13** House Hopper
- **2013-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-01** Act 126 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2488a1c0-5a58-4e33-bc37-d549139bdf0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).