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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Abuse; local child fatality review committees; modify the review"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse, so as to modify the review to be performed by local child fatality review committees; to add members to such committees; to provide for required attendance for training; to clarify the scope of child deaths subject to review; to modify deadlines and requirements for reports relating to child deaths; to modify the procedures of the coroner or medical examiner and the review committee in identifying child deaths that meet the statutory criteria for review by the review committee; to make conforming changes; 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 383"
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citation: "Georgia SB 383 (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: ["Bo Hatchett", "Elena Parent", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson", "Nan Orrock", "Randy Robertson", "Sonya Halpern", "Timothy Bearden"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70b80450-42c0-4c7c-9a32-4201a1fddda8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "709a1d284d0a5bb38326b1d3ff47e1688eca41ca0b68d84082b1b8acc1f679ba"
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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 383 (2025_26) — Child Abuse; local child fatality review committees; modify the review
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse, so as to modify the review to be performed by local child fatality review committees; to add members to such committees; to provide for required attendance for training; to clarify the scope of child deaths subject to review; to modify deadlines and requirements for reports relating to child deaths; to modify the procedures of the coroner or medical examiner and the review committee in identifying child deaths that meet the statutory criteria for review by the review committee; to make conforming changes; 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/20252026/241813.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 63 0021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239677.pdf)
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3. **SB 383/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246540.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #523 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #719 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-06** Act 421 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/70b80450-42c0-4c7c-9a32-4201a1fddda8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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