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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Advocate Advisory Committee; composition; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act,\" so as to revise the composition of the Child Advocate Advisory Committee; 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: "SB 20"
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citation: "Georgia SB 20 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis"]
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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: "2021-01-26"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ab077c0-4107-4f02-80d0-ff51832a9e25"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b8083d1b3f0db84fc19090eb65ae3c551bd944524cac3212019a26c9801ec2d0"
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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 20 (2021_22) — Child Advocate Advisory Committee; composition; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act," so as to revise the composition of the Child Advocate Advisory Committee; 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 33 8470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195840.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196762.pdf)
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3. **SB 20/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202393.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-26** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** Act 136 `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/9ab077c0-4107-4f02-80d0-ff51832a9e25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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