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| Bill | Blind persons; child custody matters; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights of persons with disabilities, so as to provide that blind persons shall not be discriminated against by the courts, Department of Human Services, or a child-placing agency in matters relating to child custody, guardianship, foster care, visitation, placement, or adoption; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for legislative findings and a purpose; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 79 | Georgia HB 79 (2019_20) |
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4 | 17 | 1 | 2019-01-29 | 2019-05-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/f4ac323c-8558-48c9-a6de-20e5e8382c15 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | b86c5680c227c3c374224195530158da9eaf32a62d7b8f187149a5ba4e89744d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 79 (2019_20) — Blind persons; child custody matters; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights of persons with disabilities, so as to provide that blind persons shall not be discriminated against by the courts, Department of Human Services, or a child-placing agency in matters relating to child custody, guardianship, foster care, visitation, placement, or adoption; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for legislative findings and a purpose; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Floor Amendment AM 41 0467 (committee substitute) — source
- HB 79/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 0012/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 41 2022S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 167–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Mable Thomas — primary (person)
- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-29 House Hopper
- 2019-01-30 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-02-05 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-05 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-05 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-03-07 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-26 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-28 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2019-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-02 Act 144
executive-signature - 2019-05-02 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4ac323c-8558-48c9-a6de-20e5e8382c15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).