Georgia House Bill 1144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 9 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-12 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Juvenile Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of child abuse, when mandated or authorized, content of report, to whom made, immunity from liability, report based upon privileged communication, and penalty for failure to report, so as to prohibit employment retaliation against persons who fulfill a lawful requirement to report a suspected case of child abuse; to provide for a cause of action; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Domestic relations; employment retaliation against persons who fulfill a lawful requirement to report a suspected case of child abuse; prohibit

Rep. Bee Nguyen [D]	Rep. Wesley Cantrell [R]	Rep. Randy Nix [R]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]
Rep. Shelly Hutchinson [D]	Rep. Katie Dempsey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	House	House Second Readers
2020-03-10	House	House First Readers
2020-03-09	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58216
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/192679