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type: "Bill"
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title: "Grandparents or Family Members Visitation Rights; provisions regarding visitation actions brought by certain grandparents of minor children; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to actions by grandparents or other family members for visitation rights or intervention, revocation or amendment of visitation rights, appointment of guardian ad litem, mediation, hearing, and notification to family members of child's participation in events, so as to revise provisions regarding visitation actions brought by certain grandparents of minor children; to provide for a rebuttable presumption; to provide for a response to Patten v. Ardis, 304 Ga. 140 (2018); 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: "SB 576"
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citation: "Georgia SB 576 (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: ["Brian Strickland"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-03-01"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7f1f721-f664-4d62-b6d9-5931d53e7e55"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "216d16ab0361a36262a8a3e5a21aaee37634bc7ab3b726a26cf1cbfc2f3caa4f"
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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 576 (2021_22) — Grandparents or Family Members Visitation Rights; provisions regarding visitation actions brought by certain grandparents of minor children; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to actions by grandparents or other family members for visitation rights or intervention, revocation or amendment of visitation rights, appointment of guardian ad litem, mediation, hearing, and notification to family members of child's participation in events, so as to revise provisions regarding visitation actions brought by certain grandparents of minor children; to provide for a rebuttable presumption; to provide for a response to Patten v. Ardis, 304 Ga. 140 (2018); 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 49 0869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207912.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209514.pdf)
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3. **SB 576/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211836.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Tabled
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-12** Act 866 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/e7f1f721-f664-4d62-b6d9-5931d53e7e55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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