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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protecting Military Children Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parent and child relationship general provisions, so as to require child welfare agencies to make efforts to determine whether a parent or guardian of a child who is the subject of abuse allegations is on active duty in the military; to require certain notifications to military installation family advocacy programs; to provide for the reporting of child abuse to military law enforcement in certain situations; to provide for immunity for the reporting of child abuse to military law enforcement; to provide for a short title; 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 64"
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citation: "Georgia HB 64 (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: ["Brian Prince", "Chuck Efstration", "Dave Belton", "Mary Oliver", "Scott Holcomb"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-28"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1505c045-0efc-4f19-bf7d-217bd06a3b66"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ba8394938280e9a1ebd3ffac44e545a0a52460a297c780a3ef0ea9cb66a47cae"
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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 64 (2019_20) — Protecting Military Children Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parent and child relationship general provisions, so as to require child welfare agencies to make efforts to determine whether a parent or guardian of a child who is the subject of abuse allegations is on active duty in the military; to require certain notifications to military installation family advocacy programs; to provide for the reporting of child abuse to military law enforcement in certain situations; to provide for immunity for the reporting of child abuse to military law enforcement; to provide for a short title; 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 64/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186282.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1694/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179857.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 0060S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183267.pdf)
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4. **LC 48 0060S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181560.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — 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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- **2019-01-28** House Hopper
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- **2019-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** 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 268 `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/1505c045-0efc-4f19-bf7d-217bd06a3b66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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