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type: "Bill"
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title: "Blind persons; child custody matters; provisions"
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description: "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."
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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 79"
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citation: "Georgia HB 79 (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: ["Carl Gilliard", "Mable Thomas", "Roger Bruce"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-29"
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last_action: "2019-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ac323c-8558-48c9-a6de-20e5e8382c15"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b86c5680c227c3c374224195530158da9eaf32a62d7b8f187149a5ba4e89744d"
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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 79 (2019_20) — Blind persons; child custody matters; provisions
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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.
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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. **Floor Amendment AM 41 0467** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187297.pdf)
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2. **HB 79/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187557.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 0012/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179996.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 2022S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185971.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
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- Mable Thomas — primary (person)
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- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-29** House Hopper
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- **2019-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-26** 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 By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-02** Act 144 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-02** 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/f4ac323c-8558-48c9-a6de-20e5e8382c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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