Domestic relations; provisions relating to safe places for newborns; revise
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to revise provisions relating to safe places for newborns; to authorize a newborn child to be left with an ambulance service or in a newborn safety incubator; to provide for definitions; to provide for limited liability; to provide for posting of signs on ambulance service vehicles; to provide for rules and regulations governing newborn safety incubators; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2020
Last action Mar 13, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 13, 2020
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bonnie Rich
RRepublican
P
Deborah Silcox
RRepublican
P
Mack Jackson
DDemocratic
P
Roger Rutledge
RRepublican
P
Sharon Cooper
RRepublican
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