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type: "Bill"
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title: "Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to revise provisions relating to safe places for newborns; to authorize ambulance services to accept physical custody of a newborn; to authorize the placement of newborn safety devices; to provide for definitions; to provide for limited liability; to provide for transport of newborns to nearest medical facility; to provide for specifications for newborn safety devices; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 350"
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citation: "Georgia HB 350 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY", "HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Clint Crowe", "Dale Washburn", "Karen Mathiak", "Matthew Gambill", "Mike Cameron"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-10"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bda320ab-2924-4699-aee5-878ada24a336"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9fa18b6b63d6e422e9c9739730548762fe359c21e748e67324d8bdafcfa39d89"
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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 350 (2025_26) — Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to revise provisions relating to safe places for newborns; to authorize ambulance services to accept physical custody of a newborn; to authorize the placement of newborn safety devices; to provide for definitions; to provide for limited liability; to provide for transport of newborns to nearest medical facility; to provide for specifications for newborn safety devices; 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 350/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249060.pdf)
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2. **LC 56 0268/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231837.pdf)
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3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 1117S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247737.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #977 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–10** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #472 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #877 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Camp — primary (person)
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
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- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-10** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2026-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 639 `executive-signature`
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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/bda320ab-2924-4699-aee5-878ada24a336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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