Georgia House Bill 494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on May 8 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the safety of children in early care and education programs; to authorize hearsay in preliminary hearings regarding emergency closure of a program or the emergency placement of a monitor or monitors; to revise the definition of "crime" for purposes of background checks; to provide that background checks are not valid if an individual has been separated from employment for more than 180 consecutive days from an early care and education program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Early care and learning; safety of children in early care and education programs; revise certain provisions

Rep. Katie Dempsey [R]	Rep. Brooks Coleman [R]	Rep. Joyce Chandler [R]	Rep. Mike Glanton [D]
Rep. Amy Carter [R]	Sen. John Wilkinson [R]

2018-03-29 - House - House Vote #849 (Y: 163 N: 0 NV: 15 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2018-03-21 - Senate - Senate Vote #642 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2018-02-28 - House - House Vote #655 (Y: 170 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-07-01		Effective Date
2018-05-08		Act 561
2018-05-08	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2018-04-05	House	House Sent to Governor
2018-03-29	House	House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
2018-03-21	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2018-03-21	Senate	Senate Third Read
2018-03-15	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2018-03-14	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2018-03-01	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2018-02-28	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2018-02-28	House	House Third Readers
2018-02-23	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2017-02-28	House	House Second Readers
2017-02-27	House	House First Readers
2017-02-24	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51029
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/166705
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/174913
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/175616
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/176469
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/178889
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51029#15888
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51029#16097
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51029#16297