---
type: "Bill"
title: "Single Parent Day; March 21; designate each year"
description: "A RESOLUTION designating March 21 of each year as Single Parent Day; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HR 279"
citation: "Georgia HR 279 (2017_18)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Doreen Carter", "Patty Bentley", "Paulette Rakestraw", "Robert Trammell", "Valencia Stovall"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2018-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f4843ef-26cc-423c-a452-0fb284aa885e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "58ec0acfd07adef06d79fb1c90d81bf32a7263f10559e2975a614898ca6e4b53"
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 HR 279 (2017_18) — Single Parent Day; March 21; designate each year

A RESOLUTION designating March 21 of each year as Single Parent Day; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- ADOPT — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Doreen Carter — primary (person)
- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
- Paulette Rakestraw — primary (person)
- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-14** House Hopper
- **2017-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Act 440 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f4843ef-26cc-423c-a452-0fb284aa885e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).