Georgia Senate Bill 375 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 23 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-28 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to allow a child-placing agency to decline to accept a referral from the department and decline to perform services not referred under a contract with the department based on the child-placing agency's sincerely held religious beliefs; to prevent the department from discriminating against or causing any adverse action against a child-placing agency based on its sincerely held religious beliefs; to provide for assertion of such rights; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

"Keep Faith in Adoption and Foster Care Act"

Sen. William Ligon [R]	Sen. Jesse Stone [R]	Sen. Steve Gooch [R]	Sen. David Shafer [R]
Sen. Gregory Kirk [R]	Sen. Jeff Mullis [R]

2018-02-23 - Senate - Senate Vote #491 (Y: 34 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2018-02-23 - Senate - Senate Vote #492 (Y: 34 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-28	House	House Second Readers
2018-02-26	House	House First Readers
2018-02-23	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2018-02-23	Senate	Senate Third Read
2018-02-21	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2018-02-20	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2018-02-01	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2018-01-31	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/52385
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/172060
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/174070
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/174990
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/52385#15762
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/52385#15761