Georgia House Bill 331 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 1 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-03 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general education provisions, so as to provide for a kinship caregiver to give legal consent in the form of an affidavit for a child residing with such kinship caregiver to receive educational services and medical services directly related to academic enrollment and to participate in curricular or extracurricular activities for which parental consent is usually required; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide that falsifying a kinship caregiver's affidavit shall constitute false swearing; to provide an affidavit form; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

The Caregiver Educational Consent Act; enact

Rep. Stacey Abrams [D]

Rep. Tommy Benton [R]

Rep. Carolyn Hugley [D]

Rep. Karen Bennett [D]

2017-03-01 - House - House Vote #166 (Y: 164 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 10) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-03	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2017-03-01	House	House Passed/Adopted
2017-03-01	House	House Third Readers
2017-02-21	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2017-02-15	House	House Second Readers
2017-02-14	House	House First Readers
2017-02-10	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50459
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/164978
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50459#14979