republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-268.md

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Bill	Child abuse; mandatory reporters; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse and when it is mandated or authorized, so as to change provisions relating to mandatory reporters; to provide for procedure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 268	Georgia HB 268 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Amy Carter Joyce Chandler Mandi Ballinger Mary Oliver Matt Hatchett Valerie Clark	5	18	1	2015-02-09	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/968e021e-4824-4e48-be88-b9e94604e6ff	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4373694565e44ea8e7194594b1d5aae176d5b28b858ef2e46faee536233cdfe8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 268 (2015_16) — Child abuse; mandatory reporters; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse and when it is mandated or authorized, so as to change provisions relating to mandatory reporters; to provide for procedure; to provide for related matters; 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 268/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6210/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6417S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6417S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6643S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 172–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Carter — primary (person)
• Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Valerie Clark — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-09 House Hopper
• 2015-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2015-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2015-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 134 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/968e021e-4824-4e48-be88-b9e94604e6ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).