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type: "Bill"
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title: "Parents' Bill of Rights; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to review of removal of students in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the protection of the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their minor children from undue infringement by a state or local government entity, local board of education, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof; to provide for appeals; to provide for construction; to prohibit certain waivers; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 1178"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1178 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Jan Jones", "Josh Bonner", "Martin Momtahan", "Matt Dubnik", "Will Wade"]
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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: "2022-02-02"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2ea3f7c-a6a3-4161-928c-6b329a2e9c96"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7e7038b050e85216da18a43c8397add9a629dfe30b757cca1f65a0a0e9f73c81"
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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 1178 (2021_22) — Parents' Bill of Rights; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to review of removal of students in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the protection of the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their minor children from undue infringement by a state or local government entity, local board of education, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof; to provide for appeals; to provide for construction; to prohibit certain waivers; 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 1178/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211724.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 0770-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204930.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 0880-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208415.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 0880-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207448.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **98–68** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Will Wade — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-02** House Hopper
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- **2022-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-28** Act 718 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/f2ea3f7c-a6a3-4161-928c-6b329a2e9c96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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