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type: "Bill"
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title: "Grandparents; include within the category of persons who may seek to revoke or amend an existing grandparent visitation order"
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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, meditation, hearing, and notification to family members of child's participation in events, 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 245"
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citation: "Georgia SB 245 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Bo Hatchett", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Mike Hodges"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-24"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6de73cce-0f7c-4aa1-b6ff-1b21eedec8f5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f863477c0abc066bf912e07d5dd728d1ebfb8d0c5e16eef5097e8cd7a3a1d0a9"
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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 245 (2025_26) — Grandparents; include within the category of persons who may seek to revoke or amend an existing grandparent visitation order
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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, meditation, hearing, and notification to family members of child's participation in events, 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/20252026/235624.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 57 0150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233588.pdf)
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3. **LC 57 0279S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237441.pdf)
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4. **SB 245/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239126.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #413 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #335 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #202 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** 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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- **2025-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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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 186 `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/6de73cce-0f7c-4aa1-b6ff-1b21eedec8f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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