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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; child abuse; change provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-710, Title 19, and Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exchange of information, domestic relations, and programs and protection for children and youth, so as to change provisions relating to child abuse; to correct a cross-reference; to change and provide for defined terms; to change provisions relating to protocol committees on child abuse; to remove certain reporting requirements to the child abuse registry; 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 905"
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citation: "Georgia HB 905 (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: ["Bert Reeves", "Chuck Efstration", "Katie Dempsey", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Rick Jasperse"]
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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: "2016-02-03"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea136e2e-a160-4d66-9229-f63a7b9b2640"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ad966fea34bcdbc57e84f28670d4cad18c764052324483f1e31289618e4b0861"
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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 905 (2015_16) — Courts; child abuse; change provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-710, Title 19, and Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exchange of information, domestic relations, and programs and protection for children and youth, so as to change provisions relating to child abuse; to correct a cross-reference; to change and provide for defined terms; to change provisions relating to protocol committees on child abuse; to remove certain reporting requirements to the child abuse registry; 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 905/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162288.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6870/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156417.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6980S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158830.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6980S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157843.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7105S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160470.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 597 `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/ea136e2e-a160-4d66-9229-f63a7b9b2640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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