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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Penal institutions; pregnant female inmates or a female inmate who is in the immediate postpartum period; provide prohibited practices"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inmate policies, so as to provide for prohibited practices relating to a pregnant female inmate or a female inmate who is in the immediate postpartum period; to provide for definitions; to prohibit certain actions relating to strip searches, examinations, and labor and delivery; to provide for documentation and annual reporting of certain information; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 345"
+citation: "Georgia HB 345 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Rich", "Brett Harrell", "Deborah Silcox", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Teri Anulewicz"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-15"
+last_action: "2019-10-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e00340-5c85-4fc0-8395-191d3e89185b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e76781059c774d612be5da86d93b2ef183140abcf0095e11e9e502f650b1977c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 345 (2019_20) — Penal institutions; pregnant female inmates or a female inmate who is in the immediate postpartum period; provide prohibited practices
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inmate policies, so as to provide for prohibited practices relating to a pregnant female inmate or a female inmate who is in the immediate postpartum period; to provide for definitions; to prohibit certain actions relating to strip searches, examinations, and labor and delivery; to provide for documentation and annual reporting of certain information; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 345/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187593.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 7727/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181658.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 7826S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183885.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 7826S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182998.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186992.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8004S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185966.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186838.pdf)
+8. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186976.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
+- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-15** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 249 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-10-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73e00340-5c85-4fc0-8395-191d3e89185b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+