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type: "Bill"
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title: "Domestic relations; signs to be posted at certain medical facilities where a newborn child may be left; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10A of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe place for newborns, so as to provide for signs to be posted at certain medical facilities to indicate locations where a newborn child may be left such that the mother can avoid criminal prosecution; 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 513"
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citation: "Georgia HB 513 (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: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Pam Dickerson", "Pat Gardner", "Stacey Abrams"]
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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: "2017-02-27"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5568b18-badf-4c96-8dcc-3a18f7384a33"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9db0199b85291286aabcd1ac16017aac7f754cb08f1218eae0866dca3c796066"
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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 513 (2017_18) — Domestic relations; signs to be posted at certain medical facilities where a newborn child may be left; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10A of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe place for newborns, so as to provide for signs to be posted at certain medical facilities to indicate locations where a newborn child may be left such that the mother can avoid criminal prosecution; 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 — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
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- Pam Dickerson — primary (person)
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- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-27** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** 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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- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 317 `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/f5568b18-badf-4c96-8dcc-3a18f7384a33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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