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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Andee's Law\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-10-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance of a new birth certificate following adoption and legitimation or paternity determination, so as to provide for the issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted; to provide for a fee; to provide for the form of such copy; to standardize terminology relating to birth certificates; to provide for a short title; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 100"
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citation: "Georgia SB 100 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bo Hatchett", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Drew Echols", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Marty Harbin", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc184f25-65ad-4aca-ac54-16befcdae2b5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "566eef68030c5c340c75a568acf0d70406b4dcd13f3201eefca9d04ce8fedda1"
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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 100 (2025_26) — "Andee's Law"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-10-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance of a new birth certificate following adoption and legitimation or paternity determination, so as to provide for the issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted; to provide for a fee; to provide for the form of such copy; to standardize terminology relating to birth certificates; to provide for a short title; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235609.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 44 2993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231368.pdf)
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3. **SB 100/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239121.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #196 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #386 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **145–14** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — 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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- **2025-02-05** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 184 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/bc184f25-65ad-4aca-ac54-16befcdae2b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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