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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; prohibit parents or guardians from withdrawing or removing a child from a public school for the purpose of avoiding compliance with laws relating to mandatory attendance, school discipline, parental involvement, or parental responsibilities"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to students in elementary and secondary education, so as to prohibit parents or guardians from withdrawing or removing a child from a public school for the purpose of avoiding compliance with laws relating to mandatory attendance, school discipline, parental involvement, or parental responsibilities; to provide for additional requirements with regard to declarations of intent; to provide for referral to the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services for investigation and enforcement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 530"
+citation: "Georgia HB 530 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Jon Burns", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48516754-f9d7-4e86-9f70-a781f331b7a0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "423dfc050a1d0a3ddd3ecbc7e90592af781fc0e0d2bcb229935de4917881af57"
+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 530 (2019_20) — Education; prohibit parents or guardians from withdrawing or removing a child from a public school for the purpose of avoiding compliance with laws relating to mandatory attendance, school discipline, parental involvement, or parental responsibilities
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to students in elementary and secondary education, so as to prohibit parents or guardians from withdrawing or removing a child from a public school for the purpose of avoiding compliance with laws relating to mandatory attendance, school discipline, parental involvement, or parental responsibilities; to provide for additional requirements with regard to declarations of intent; to provide for referral to the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services for investigation and enforcement; to provide for related matters; 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 530/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187033.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 7805/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183167.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 7911ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184238.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 7911ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183979.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **135–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Act 224 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48516754-f9d7-4e86-9f70-a781f331b7a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+