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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social services; reasonable access to records concerning reports of child abuse to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-5-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records, so as to provide for reasonable access to records concerning reports of child abuse to the Administrative Office of the Courts; to provide for agreements with the Division of Family and Children Services to ensure confidentiality; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 548"
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citation: "Georgia HB 548 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Dubnik", "Will Wade"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-18"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e825857-a02e-4dd6-97f5-dbd92c3e724e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "18139ab8341e88c429fd48200fa6860a82fa5690a3e5eafe052e4ca198ec3d48"
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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 548 (2021_22) — Social services; reasonable access to records concerning reports of child abuse to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-5-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records, so as to provide for reasonable access to records concerning reports of child abuse to the Administrative Office of the Courts; to provide for agreements with the Division of Family and Children Services to ensure confidentiality; 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 548/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202405.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8627/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198182.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Will Wade — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-18** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** Act 135 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/5e825857-a02e-4dd6-97f5-dbd92c3e724e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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