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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; provide reporting of certain statistics regarding juveniles seeking abortions without parental notice; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for the reporting of certain statistics regarding juveniles seeking abortions without parental notice; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abortion, so as to make reporting requirements applicable to all abortions performed; to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the \"Woman's Right to Know Act,\" so as to make reporting requirements applicable to all abortions performed; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to State Employees' Health Insurance Plan, so as to clarify that elective abortions are not covered under the state health insurance plan; 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 555"
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citation: "Georgia HB 555 (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: ["Barbara Sims", "Darlene Taylor", "Ed Setzler", "Joyce Chandler", "Valerie Clark", "Wes Cantrell"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-04"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec7b7a6-dc75-4b9d-b9e0-eb1ed1e88933"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "95868cca44f18e61f14f6338d6260cabf9e0344938966ce0acf7cb4f756662b9"
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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 555 (2015_16) — Courts; provide reporting of certain statistics regarding juveniles seeking abortions without parental notice; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for the reporting of certain statistics regarding juveniles seeking abortions without parental notice; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abortion, so as to make reporting requirements applicable to all abortions performed; to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Woman's Right to Know Act," so as to make reporting requirements applicable to all abortions performed; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to State Employees' Health Insurance Plan, so as to clarify that elective abortions are not covered under the state health insurance plan; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 37 0311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161123.pdf)
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2. **Floor amend 1 AM 25 1375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160306.pdf)
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3. **HB 555/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162374.pdf)
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4. **LC 28 7552/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150023.pdf)
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5. **LC 37 2123S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157724.pdf)
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6. **LC 37 2123S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157054.pdf)
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7. **SCSFA to HB555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160374.pdf)
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8. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2190S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159608.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **119–51** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara Sims — primary (person)
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-04** House Hopper
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- **2015-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-17** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 424 `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/dec7b7a6-dc75-4b9d-b9e0-eb1ed1e88933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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