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type: "Bill"
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title: "Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; establish; definitions; administration and duties"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to establish the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; to provide for a purpose; to provide for definitions; to provide for administration and duties; to provide for grant services; to provide criteria; to provide for record maintenance and reporting; to provide for reports to the General Assembly; to provide for funding; to provide for redesignation of certain Code provisions and conforming changes; to expand authorized expenditure of contributed funds; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 308"
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citation: "Georgia SB 308 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Chuck Hufstetler", "David Shafer", "Dean Burke", "Greg Kirk", "Jesse Stone", "P. K. Martin IV", "Renee Unterman", "Rick Jeffares", "Steve Gooch", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-28"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b41b7bfc-4fae-47a8-8d91-e8f084ddb057"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "06070090879ef7ff6cc6cf54a6e10c548030e8eee54561d83f60fec7c8d3c895"
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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 SB 308 (2015_16) — Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; establish; definitions; administration and duties
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to establish the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; to provide for a purpose; to provide for definitions; to provide for administration and duties; to provide for grant services; to provide criteria; to provide for record maintenance and reporting; to provide for reports to the General Assembly; to provide for funding; to provide for redesignation of certain Code provisions and conforming changes; to expand authorized expenditure of contributed funds; 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. **As introduced LC 37 2087** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155928.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157368.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 37 2121S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156873.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157307.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 3a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157308.pdf)
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6. **Floor amendment 1 AM 370302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157270.pdf)
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7. **Floor amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157282.pdf)
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8. **LC 33 6593S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159817.pdf)
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9. **SB 308/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162278.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **38–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 360 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/b41b7bfc-4fae-47a8-8d91-e8f084ddb057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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