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| Bill | Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons; revise provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the O.C.G.A., relating to handicapped persons generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons; to provide for definitions; to expand the membership of the commission; to establish a task force; to require use of existing assessments; to monitor individual children's language and literacy progress; to develop a state-wide coordinated longitudinal data management system for all children who are deaf or hard of hearing; to require information sharing and collaboration among state agencies; to provide integrated and seamless services from birth through literacy; to require public reporting mechanisms; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 844 | Georgia HB 844 (2017_18) |
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0 | 16 | 1 | 2018-02-06 | 2018-05-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/5731f4b6-7d8f-4991-a80c-8c0beff26876 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 34e7c23b61352da378f24f10c13c24b65cff553305625976c9b2c20f797a4b02 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 844 (2017_18) — Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the O.C.G.A., relating to handicapped persons generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons; to provide for definitions; to expand the membership of the commission; to establish a task force; to require use of existing assessments; to monitor individual children's language and literacy progress; to develop a state-wide coordinated longitudinal data management system for all children who are deaf or hard of hearing; to require information sharing and collaboration among state agencies; to provide integrated and seamless services from birth through literacy; to require public reporting mechanisms; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 171–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-06 House Hopper
- 2018-02-07 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-02-08 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-02-14 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
withdrawal, referral-committee - 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 - 2018-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-12 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-15 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2018-04-03 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-08 Act 462
executive-signature - 2018-05-08 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5731f4b6-7d8f-4991-a80c-8c0beff26876. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).