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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social services; school personnel required to report child abuse shall be notified by child protective agency upon receipt of report and completion of investigation; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse and deprivation records, so as to provide that certain school personnel who are required to report child abuse shall be notified upon receipt of such report and upon completion of its investigation; to provide for definitions; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 177"
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citation: "Georgia HB 177 (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: ["Andrew Welch", "David Wilkerson", "Joyce Chandler", "Mary Oliver", "Stacey Evans", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-29"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9f2a64c-9d42-4431-a37f-831b739bb6c2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "16ffac92c39666c6f526ca9124c0a5dd6f6dbe9a5232d00663d685df29372903"
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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 177 (2015_16) — Social services; school personnel required to report child abuse shall be notified by child protective agency upon receipt of report and completion of investigation; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse and deprivation records, so as to provide that certain school personnel who are required to report child abuse shall be notified upon receipt of such report and upon completion of its investigation; to provide for definitions; 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 177/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152749.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6148/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146378.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152592.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
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- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Stacey Evans — 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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- **2015-01-29** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-11** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2015-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 119 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/f9f2a64c-9d42-4431-a37f-831b739bb6c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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