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type: "Bill"
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title: "Early care and learning; safety of children in early care and education programs; revise certain provisions"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 494"
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citation: "Georgia HB 494 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Brooks Coleman", "Joyce Chandler", "Katie Dempsey", "Mike Glanton"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-24"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/963f5757-4b44-4c20-8a02-34f8964dbe07"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ea003813375094f2cf81424463f31c163ae6eba03db4c303b4ff2d05165c60a9"
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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 494 (2017_18) — Early care and learning; safety of children in early care and education programs; revise certain provisions
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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.
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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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amy Carter — primary (person)
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-24** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 561 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/963f5757-4b44-4c20-8a02-34f8964dbe07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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