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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social services; improvements to the operation of the child abuse registry; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central child abuse registry, so as to provide improvements to the operation of the child abuse registry; to provide definitions; to provide for notice of abuse allegations; to provide for reporting abuse cases to DFACS office; to provide for hearing on expungement of name from 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 478"
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citation: "Georgia HB 478 (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: ["Mandi Ballinger"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-25"
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last_action: "2020-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5ccec0f-debe-42a3-9c55-70b12f091341"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1dffd6477b6418434ed82c42da634f8e93a43ab77b68d7fc7bbf0e66cc201f38"
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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 478 (2019_20) — Social services; improvements to the operation of the child abuse registry; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central child abuse registry, so as to provide improvements to the operation of the child abuse registry; to provide definitions; to provide for notice of abuse allegations; to provide for reporting abuse cases to DFACS office; to provide for hearing on expungement of name from 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. **Floor Amendment AM 48 0006** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187270.pdf)
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2. **HB 478/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187655.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 0075/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182731.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 48 0112S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185232.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **151–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** 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 By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 252 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-01-01** 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/d5ccec0f-debe-42a3-9c55-70b12f091341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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