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type: "Bill"
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title: "Senate Foster Care and Adoption Study Committee; implement recommendations"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the juvenile code, so as to implement the recommendations of the Senate Foster Care and Adoption Study Committee; to provide for annual reporting to the General Assembly of certain de-identified data from juvenile court clerks relating to foster children who are in need of services or delinquent; to remove the service of summons by publication requirement at the adjudication phase in dependency proceedings; to repeal Code Section 15-11-163, relating to interlocutory order of disposition when summons served by publication; to provide that the petition to terminate parental rights be immediately filed and docketed without delay when presented to the juvenile court clerk; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "SB 401"
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citation: "Georgia SB 401 (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", "Chuck Payne", "Harold Jones II", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-25"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d9581ae-29b9-42aa-baac-2ad5ac93a130"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6ced126ad659a0e3c6e426942370cec728b489c528fdb8942ca29dea705d3a7d"
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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 401 (2023_24) — Senate Foster Care and Adoption Study Committee; implement recommendations
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the juvenile code, so as to implement the recommendations of the Senate Foster Care and Adoption Study Committee; to provide for annual reporting to the General Assembly of certain de-identified data from juvenile court clerks relating to foster children who are in need of services or delinquent; to remove the service of summons by publication requirement at the adjudication phase in dependency proceedings; to repeal Code Section 15-11-163, relating to interlocutory order of disposition when summons served by publication; to provide that the petition to terminate parental rights be immediately filed and docketed without delay when presented to the juvenile court clerk; 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 57 0063** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221904.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225239.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 57 0085S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224003.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 57 0001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225220.pdf)
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5. **SB 401/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227762.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #705 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #534 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #533 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — 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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- **2024-01-25** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-16** 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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- **2024-03-08** 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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- **2024-04-23** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** Act 468 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/7d9581ae-29b9-42aa-baac-2ad5ac93a130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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