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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Victim Services Commission; bill of rights for foster parents; delete references to an obsolete entity"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 35-6-2 and 49-5-281 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the membership of the State Victim Services Commission and the bill of rights for foster parents, respectively, so as to delete references to an obsolete entity; 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 553"
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citation: "Georgia HB 553 (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: ["Andrew Welch", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Penny Houston", "Sharon Cooper"]
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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: "2019-02-28"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a0fcfbe-13e4-48e4-8ebd-fdf92298663a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "72eff474fff7ae0bd624ebd9a0408a012de3ad20eb3b90c5787fd35272895c7d"
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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 553 (2019_20) — State Victim Services Commission; bill of rights for foster parents; delete references to an obsolete entity
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 35-6-2 and 49-5-281 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the membership of the State Victim Services Commission and the bill of rights for foster parents, respectively, so as to delete references to an obsolete entity; 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 553/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187440.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 7775/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183348.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 7902S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184237.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 7902S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183921.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-28** House Hopper
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- **2019-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `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 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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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 296 `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/1a0fcfbe-13e4-48e4-8ebd-fdf92298663a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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