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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child abuse; mandatory reporters; change provisions"
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description: "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."
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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 268"
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citation: "Georgia HB 268 (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: ["Amy Carter", "Joyce Chandler", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Hatchett", "Valerie Clark"]
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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: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/968e021e-4824-4e48-be88-b9e94604e6ff"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4373694565e44ea8e7194594b1d5aae176d5b28b858ef2e46faee536233cdfe8"
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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 268 (2015_16) — Child abuse; mandatory reporters; change provisions
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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.
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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 268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153783.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6210/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147077.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6417S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151139.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6417S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149705.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6643S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152523.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amy Carter — primary (person)
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- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** 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 134 `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/968e021e-4824-4e48-be88-b9e94604e6ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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