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type: "Bill"
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title: "Juvenile Code; in conformity with the federal Social Security Act and the Family First Prevention Services Act; bring provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding the Juvenile Code, so as to bring such provisions in conformity with the federal Social Security Act and the Family First Prevention Services Act; to amend Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dependency proceedings and termination of parental rights; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to children and youth services;to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Office of State Administrative Hearings; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 225"
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citation: "Georgia SB 225 (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: ["Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "Butch Miller", "Donzella James", "Elena Parent", "Greg Kirk", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Nan Orrock", "Renee Unterman", "Sally Harrell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-28"
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last_action: "2019-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f280e06-89fe-4304-bd34-6d20fda59a8a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ee152e225da14eeb429e9ed452ec0b4cfab8b34690cfb0282296b0c9f56c7313"
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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 SB 225 (2019_20) — Juvenile Code; in conformity with the federal Social Security Act and the Family First Prevention Services Act; bring provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding the Juvenile Code, so as to bring such provisions in conformity with the federal Social Security Act and the Family First Prevention Services Act; to amend Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dependency proceedings and termination of parental rights; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to children and youth services;to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Office of State Administrative Hearings; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 48 0087** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183233.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183960.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 1954S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185044.pdf)
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4. **SB 225/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186777.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Sally Harrell — 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** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 278 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** 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/3f280e06-89fe-4304-bd34-6d20fda59a8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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