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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 530"
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citation: "Georgia HB 530 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Jon Burns", "Ron Stephens"]
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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: "2019-02-27"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48516754-f9d7-4e86-9f70-a781f331b7a0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "423dfc050a1d0a3ddd3ecbc7e90592af781fc0e0d2bcb229935de4917881af57"
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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 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
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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.
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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 530/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187033.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 7805/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183167.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 7911ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184238.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 7911ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183979.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **135–28** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-27** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** Act 224 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/48516754-f9d7-4e86-9f70-a781f331b7a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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