Georgia House Bill 441

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-19 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for a coercion defense to a charge of murder for defendant mothers of unborn children; to provide for construction; to provide for exceptions; to provide for concurrent prosecuting authority of the Attorney General and prosecuting attorneys in certain cases; to provide for applicability; to remove exceptions that allow for assault and battery on an unborn child; to amend Code Section 19-7-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to in whom parental power lies, how such power lost, and recovery for homicide of a child or unborn child, so as to provide for the right to recovery for the life of a child beginning at the stage of fertilization; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and determinations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act; enact

Rep. Emory Dunahoo [R]	Rep. Mike Cameron [R]	Rep. Charlice Byrd [R]	Rep. Danny Mathis [R]
Rep. Trey Kelley [R]	Rep. Martin Momtahan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-19	House	House Second Readers
2025-02-18	House	House First Readers
2025-02-13	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70313
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/232412