republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-887.md

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Bill	Courts; parental rights; prioritize placement of a child with an adult or fictive kin qualified to care for such child	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dependency proceedings and termination of parental rights, respectively, so as to prioritize the placement of a child with a relative who is an adult or fictive kin when such individual is qualified to care for such child and it is in the best interests of the child; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 887	Georgia HB 887 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Chuck Efstration Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. Mandi Ballinger Regina Quick Stacey Abrams Stacey Evans	6	17	1	2016-02-02	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/342e8186-c1ab-4019-84ac-96313139525f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6d1df13fd9b99d04b74709b42f1dc8055774f48738e73cb7dc40a0c8fa9e607b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 887 (2015_16) — Courts; parental rights; prioritize placement of a child with an adult or fictive kin qualified to care for such child

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dependency proceedings and termination of parental rights, respectively, so as to prioritize the placement of a child with a relative who is an adult or fictive kin when such individual is qualified to care for such child and it is in the best interests of the child; 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. Floor Amendment AM 29 2545ER (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 887/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6848ER/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6986ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 6986ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2191ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 160–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Regina Quick — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-02 House Hopper
• 2016-02-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute 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 By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 337 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/342e8186-c1ab-4019-84ac-96313139525f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).