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| Bill | Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act; enact | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to persons and their rights; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abortion; to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Woman's Right to Know Act;" to amend Chapter 9B of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician's obligation in performance of abortions; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to parent and child relationship generally; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 481 | Georgia HB 481 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 481 (2019_20) — Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to persons and their rights; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abortion; to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Woman's Right to Know Act;" to amend Chapter 9B of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician's obligation in performance of abortions; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to parent and child relationship generally; to provide 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.
- HB 481/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 28 9178ER/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 7912ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 7912ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 28 9335S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- TABLE — 70–96 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-25 House Hopper
- 2019-02-26 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-02-27 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 Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-21 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-22 Senate Engrossed
passage - 2019-03-22 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2019-04-04 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-07 Act 234
executive-signature - 2020-01-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccf89a49-d133-43ac-9b9a-4a4f06670561. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).