Georgia Senate Bill 168 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 8 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse, so as to extend the persons and agencies permitted to access child abuse records by the department or a county or other state or local agency; to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Central Child Abuse Registry, so as to permit access to information in the child abuse registry to certain governmental entities investigating allegations of child abuse; to permit access to child abuse registry to certain child-placing entities conducting foster and adoptive parent background checks; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Child Abuse; permitted to access child abuse records by department, or county, or other state or local agency; extend; Central Child Abuse Registry; permit access

Sen. Butch Miller [R]	Sen. John Kennedy [R]	Sen. Michael Dugan [R]	Sen. Gregory Kirk [R]
Sen. Francis Millar [R]	Sen. Steve Henson [D]	Rep. Katie Dempsey [R]

2017-03-30 - Senate - Senate Vote #334 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-03-24 - House - House Vote #320 (Y: 151 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 22) [PASS]
2017-02-28 - Senate - Senate Vote #104 (Y: 53 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-01		Effective Date
2017-05-08		Act 170
2017-05-08	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2017-04-06	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2017-03-30	Senate	Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2017-03-24	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2017-03-24	House	House Third Readers
2017-03-16	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2017-03-03	House	House Second Readers
2017-03-01	House	House First Readers
2017-02-28	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2017-02-28	Senate	Senate Third Read
2017-02-27	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2017-02-24	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2017-02-15	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2017-02-14	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50542
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/165172
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/167052
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/168736
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/170738
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50542#14950
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50542#15245
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50542#15465