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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Abuse Records; child abuse and neglect registries; authorize the disclosure"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse records, so as to authorize the disclosure or use of information from child abuse and neglect registries by the Department of Human Services to locate, recover, or provide services to a child determined to be missing or a victim of sexual exploitation; to provide for access to records concerning reports of child abuse and missing or exploited children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "SB 342"
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citation: "Georgia SB 342 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harold Jones II", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33d28523-2948-4d2c-908d-c487101966e4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7b2070f544a36b5cddf9bba4dae9dca09bf62bb52bfa7b6ec6a043515d9c948b"
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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 342 (2023_24) — Child Abuse Records; child abuse and neglect registries; authorize the disclosure
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse records, so as to authorize the disclosure or use of information from child abuse and neglect registries by the Department of Human Services to locate, recover, or provide services to a child determined to be missing or a victim of sexual exploitation; to provide for access to records concerning reports of child abuse and missing or exploited children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; 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 57 0035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220904.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222243.pdf)
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3. **SB 342/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227380.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #438 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #690 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Act 373 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** 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/33d28523-2948-4d2c-908d-c487101966e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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