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type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services, Department of; creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Human Services generally, so as to provide for the creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 962"
citation: "Georgia HB 962 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Dexter Sharper", "Karen Bennett", "Katie Dempsey", "Stacey Abrams", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364fc516-3c66-4ee0-b21a-6443e558d0c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c9c623beb4b2d212691de75455922c36caf603d80d33a41b42dfad8ebdcbbb46"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 962 (2015_16) — Human Services, Department of; creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Human Services generally, so as to provide for the creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; to provide a definition; 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 36 0565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161532.pdf)
2. **HB 962/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162177.pdf)
3. **LC 29 7016S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158941.pdf)
4. **LC 29 7016S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158391.pdf)
5. **LC 36 2926/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156975.pdf)
6. **SCSFA to HB962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161031.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2188S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159604.pdf)
8. **Sen floor AM 1 AM 43 0026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160909.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1600** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-09** House Hopper
- **2016-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** 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`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-16** 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
- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 409 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/364fc516-3c66-4ee0-b21a-6443e558d0c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).