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type: "Bill"
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title: "Return to Play Act of 2013; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to enact the \"Return to Play Act of 2013\"; to require public and private schools which provide youth athletic activities to provide information to parents on the nature and risk of concussion and head injury and to establish concussion management and return to play policies; to require public recreation leagues to provide information to parents on the nature and risk of concussion and head injury; to provide for definitions; to provide for the endorsement of concussion recognition education courses; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 284"
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citation: "Georgia HB 284 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Brooks Coleman", "Jimmy Pruett", "Margaret Kaiser", "Sharon Cooper", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-08"
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last_action: "2014-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b6485df-374f-4547-a9f8-c668fb133b7c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7209d1731bc9c57e941356c3cc51a840c0ced66ac585dfe8296bd0b1a4bba2ad"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 284 (2013_14) — Return to Play Act of 2013; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Return to Play Act of 2013"; to require public and private schools which provide youth athletic activities to provide information to parents on the nature and risk of concussion and head injury and to establish concussion management and return to play policies; to require public recreation leagues to provide information to parents on the nature and risk of concussion and head injury; to provide for definitions; to provide for the endorsement of concussion recognition education courses; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 284/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136573.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 4987/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130257.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 5098S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132987.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 5098S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132486.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
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- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-04-23** Act 25 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-01-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b6485df-374f-4547-a9f8-c668fb133b7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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