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type: "Bill"
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title: "Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to persons and their rights; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abortion; to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the \"Woman's Right to Know Act;\" to amend Chapter 9B of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician's obligation in performance of abortions; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to parent and child relationship generally; 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 481"
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citation: "Georgia HB 481 (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: ["Darlene Taylor", "Ed Setzler", "Ginny Ehrhart", "Jodi Lott", "Josh Bonner", "Micah Gravley"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-25"
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last_action: "2020-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccf89a49-d133-43ac-9b9a-4a4f06670561"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "68a386adffd9fbf56117e899b38c6e3bbde29af32e18c081c7c67263587e5d27"
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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 481 (2019_20) — Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to persons and their rights; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abortion; to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Woman's Right to Know Act;" to amend Chapter 9B of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician's obligation in performance of abortions; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to parent and child relationship generally; 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. **HB 481/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187013.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 9178ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182762.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 7912ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184245.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 7912ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183985.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9335S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184812.pdf)
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## Votes
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- TABLE — **70–96** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-27** 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 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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- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 234 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-01-01** 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/ccf89a49-d133-43ac-9b9a-4a4f06670561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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