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| Bill | Education; prohibit parents or guardians from withdrawing or removing a child from a public school for the purpose of avoiding compliance with laws relating to mandatory attendance, school discipline, parental involvement, or parental responsibilities | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to students in elementary and secondary education, so as to prohibit parents or guardians from withdrawing or removing a child from a public school for the purpose of avoiding compliance with laws relating to mandatory attendance, school discipline, parental involvement, or parental responsibilities; to provide for additional requirements with regard to declarations of intent; to provide for referral to the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services for investigation and enforcement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 530 | Georgia HB 530 (2019_20) |
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4 | 15 | 1 | 2019-02-27 | 2019-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/48516754-f9d7-4e86-9f70-a781f331b7a0 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 423dfc050a1d0a3ddd3ecbc7e90592af781fc0e0d2bcb229935de4917881af57 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 530 (2019_20) — Education; prohibit parents or guardians from withdrawing or removing a child from a public school for the purpose of avoiding compliance with laws relating to mandatory attendance, school discipline, parental involvement, or parental responsibilities
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to students in elementary and secondary education, so as to prohibit parents or guardians from withdrawing or removing a child from a public school for the purpose of avoiding compliance with laws relating to mandatory attendance, school discipline, parental involvement, or parental responsibilities; to provide for additional requirements with regard to declarations of intent; to provide for referral to the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services for investigation and enforcement; to provide for related matters; 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 530/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 7805/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 7911ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 7911ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 135–28 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-27 House Hopper
- 2019-02-28 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-03-01 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 Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-28 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-06 Act 224
executive-signature - 2019-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48516754-f9d7-4e86-9f70-a781f331b7a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).