republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-725.md

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Bill	"Child Abuse Records Protection Act"; enact	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 for greater confidentiality of child abuse records; to provide for and revise definitions; to change provisions relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records of child abuse; to provide for contents of a protective order; to provide for immunity for child advocacy centers in releasing child abuse records under certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 725	Georgia HB 725 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Earl Ehrhart Jason Spencer Mandi Ballinger Stacey Evans Tom Weldon Wes Cantrell	5	16	1	2016-01-07	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/38be2b10-e94f-4f2a-81ac-81ac28b10a57	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f1b6c8dcc4456eecffec01b7ae64dc3ac1e91322073cf6073c1ca029b4f713b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 725 (2015_16) — "Child Abuse Records Protection Act"; enact

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 for greater confidentiality of child abuse records; to provide for and revise definitions; to change provisions relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records of child abuse; to provide for contents of a protective order; to provide for immunity for child advocacy centers in releasing child abuse records under certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; 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 725/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6774/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6774/pf (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 7025S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 7025S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
• Jason Spencer — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)
• Tom Weldon — primary (person)
• Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-07 House Prefiled introduction
• 2016-01-13 House Hopper
• 2016-01-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-14 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-14 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 344 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38be2b10-e94f-4f2a-81ac-81ac28b10a57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).