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type: "Bill"
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title: "Domestic relations; adoption; permit the department to use certain information in the records concerning the adopted child's biological parents"
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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 adoption, so as to permit the department to use certain information in the department's records concerning the adopted child's biological parents; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 1070"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1070 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Erica Thomas", "James Epps", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Penny Houston", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-22"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d40f510-282f-4325-bc0a-2ff015b551d6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "811a068a7d0f6b5107158d71f392d89789c4ba5751f41d4acd258401b1f113e2"
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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 1070 (2015_16) — Domestic relations; adoption; permit the department to use certain information in the records concerning the adopted child's biological parents
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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 adoption, so as to permit the department to use certain information in the department's records concerning the adopted child's biological parents; 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 1070/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162144.pdf)
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2. **LC 37 2080ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158242.pdf)
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3. **SCSFA to HB 1070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161545.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2214ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160304.pdf)
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5. **Senate Floor Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161539.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Erica Thomas — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-22** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 541 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/6d40f510-282f-4325-bc0a-2ff015b551d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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