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| Bill | Early care and learning; safety of children in early care and education programs; revise certain provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the safety of children in early care and education programs; to authorize hearsay in preliminary hearings regarding emergency closure of a program or the emergency placement of a monitor or monitors; to revise the definition of "crime" for purposes of background checks; to provide that background checks are not valid if an individual has been separated from employment for more than 180 consecutive days from an early care and education program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 494 | Georgia HB 494 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 494 (2017_18) — Early care and learning; safety of children in early care and education programs; revise certain provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the safety of children in early care and education programs; to authorize hearsay in preliminary hearings regarding emergency closure of a program or the emergency placement of a monitor or monitors; to revise the definition of "crime" for purposes of background checks; to provide that background checks are not valid if an individual has been separated from employment for more than 180 consecutive days from an early care and education program; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 170–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-24 House Hopper
- 2017-02-27 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-28 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-02-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-01 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-15 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-21 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2018-04-05 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-08 Act 561
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/963f5757-4b44-4c20-8a02-34f8964dbe07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).