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type: "Bill"
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title: "Quality Basic Education Act; post sign containing telephone number to receive reports of child abuse; require every public school"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to require every public school to post a sign containing the toll-free telephone number operated by the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide that no cause of action is created; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 12"
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citation: "Georgia HB 12 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Becky Evans", "Bill Hitchens", "Marcus Wiedower", "Mike Wilensky", "Rick Williams", "Scott Holcomb"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2370359-acd9-4674-acd6-aa879233370a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ce4294ac3cc975f040baa7492c0bfb1dfa48ffc965c617f751f4df4ab0b0d9fa"
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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 12 (2019_20) — Quality Basic Education Act; post sign containing telephone number to receive reports of child abuse; require every public school
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require every public school to post a sign containing the toll-free telephone number operated by the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide that no cause of action is created; 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 12/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187062.pdf)
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2. **LC 45 0134/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180163.pdf)
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3. **LC 45 0134/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179365.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Becky Evans — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Mike Wilensky — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** House Prefiled `introduction`
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- **2019-01-30** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-02** Act 129 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/e2370359-acd9-4674-acd6-aa879233370a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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