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| Bill | Juvenile Code; certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; provide | 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 provide for certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; to provide for a physician holding temporary physical custody of a child based on a suspicion of child abuse or neglect to provide certain information to a parent or legal guardian and to the Division of Family and Children Services; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 259 | Georgia SB 259 (2025_26) |
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4 | 15 | 2 | 2025-02-26 | 2025-05-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/6be46482-005a-4f1a-a45d-509170af57aa | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 7c465122c73a6cd942920b26de6ab6abf61de14ec7f946d3eb5d0854300b07f4 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 259 (2025_26) — Juvenile Code; certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; provide
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 provide for certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; to provide for a physician holding temporary physical custody of a child based on a suspicion of child abuse or neglect to provide certain information to a parent or legal guardian and to the Division of Family and Children Services; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- As introduced LC 52 0801 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee sub LC 57 0260S (committee substitute) — source
- SB 259/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #167 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #389 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Kenya Wicks — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-26 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2025-02-27 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2025-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-04 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2025-03-10 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-03-11 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-02 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-04-02 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2025-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-05-12 Act 121
executive-signature - 2025-05-12 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6be46482-005a-4f1a-a45d-509170af57aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).