Grandparents; include within the category of persons who may seek to revoke or amend an existing grandparent visitation order
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 24, 2025
Signed May 13, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a House substitute version to the final Senate version, with no substantive policy changes. The formatting changes include removing the House committee header and updating the bill title to reflect Senate passage.
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Removed House Judiciary Committee substitute header and related markup indicating this was a House version of the bill.
Added Senate Bill 245 header and AS PASSED designation, indicating the bill has been approved by the Senate.
Changed bill version designation from 'S. B. 245 (SUB)' to 'S. B. 245' to reflect the final Senate version.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Mar 28, 2025
How they voted
55–0
Passed
Total votes 55
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic22
100% Yea
R
Republican33
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Act 186
upper
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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