Georgia House Bill 54 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on December 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-26 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to provide for instruction on the best practices for and risks associated with the use of tampons in a course of study in sex education and AIDS prevention instruction; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to encourage physicians and nurses providing a tampon for use by any female patient under his or her care to recite and provide certain written information to such female patient regarding the best practices for and risks associated with the use of tampons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; instruction on the best practices for and risks associated with the use of tampons; provide

Rep. Debra Bazemore [D]	Rep. Karen Bennett [D]	Rep. Viola Davis [D]	Rep. Mary Robichaux [D]
Rep. Roger Bruce [D]	Rep. Donna McLeod [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-26	House	House Second Readers
2021-01-14	House	House First Readers
2021-01-13	House	House Hopper
2020-12-21	House	House Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58846
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/195595
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/195693