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type: "Bill"
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title: "Juvenile Code; enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code, so as to provide for enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; to provide for the court's consideration of issues relevant to a child's placement, care, well-being, and permanency raised by such persons; to require certain findings be made by the court; 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: "SB 439"
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citation: "Georgia SB 439 (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: ["Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-25"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/071a12c1-bdf8-4f11-bad9-1905efac796b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "64960be63dbf10a5c92c1ce1087840c42e5a5634167c115f40de865d085cfb8a"
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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 439 (2019_20) — Juvenile Code; enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code, so as to provide for enhanced notice to and improved participation of foster, preadoptive, and relative caregivers in certain hearings; to provide for the court's consideration of issues relevant to a child's placement, care, well-being, and permanency raised by such persons; to require certain findings be made by the court; 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. **As introduced LC 41 2341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190898.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192610.pdf)
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3. **SB 439/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194467.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-25** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-21** Act 479 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** 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/071a12c1-bdf8-4f11-bad9-1905efac796b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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