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type: "Bill"
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title: "Juvenile Code; improve timely permanent placement of a child removed from their home; clarify requirements"
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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 clarify requirements of parents, DFCS, and court in order to improve timely permanent placement of a child removed from their home; to provide for a hearing to be held prior to a dependent child's fifteenth month in foster care to review a determination of the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services not to petition to terminate parental rights; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 376"
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citation: "Georgia SB 376 (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: ["Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Payne", "Jason Anavitarte", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-23"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b892a563-1a92-4063-8859-4f00a920e820"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5e8d09ecb4de49a025313146627dfe6da29200fd7963f53d7be874fa54fc5e03"
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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 376 (2023_24) — Juvenile Code; improve timely permanent placement of a child removed from their home; clarify requirements
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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 clarify requirements of parents, DFCS, and court in order to improve timely permanent placement of a child removed from their home; to provide for a hearing to be held prior to a dependent child's fifteenth month in foster care to review a determination of the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services not to petition to terminate parental rights; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 52 0375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221530.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225212.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 57 0073S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222869.pdf)
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4. **SB376/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227758.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #703 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #530 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-23** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 421 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** 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/b892a563-1a92-4063-8859-4f00a920e820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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