---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women; to revise definitions; to repeal a provision relating to elimination of increment in benefits; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Georgia HB 129 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "David Huddleston", "Jesse Petrea", "Lee Hawkins", "Sharon Cooper", "Soo Hong"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f52fa631-cbc1-4690-b123-136ff3b16eff"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "181b6d793db3b5f0fc1812cdd7893ee4b9772f5a438914f2bb480bd69a0f7461"
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 129 (2023_24) — Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women; to revise definitions; to repeal a provision relating to elimination of increment in benefits; to provide for conforming changes; 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 129/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217346.pdf)
2. **LC 33 9271-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213095.pdf)
3. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217313.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #32 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #199 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #198 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **2–50** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Act 228 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f52fa631-cbc1-4690-b123-136ff3b16eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).