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GA HB 1398

died on adjournment

Georgia Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education Act; Trixtian's Law; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to arrest by law enforcement officers generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the arrests of pregnant women; to provide that women who have been arrested are offered pregnancy testing within a certain time of detention; to provide limitations on the use and disclosure of such information; to provide for bond; to provide for bond limitations; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to inmate policies, so as to revise provisions relating to the treatment during incarceration of pregnant and postpartum women; to provide for definitions; to establish certain sentencing requirements for pregnant and postpartum women; to provide for related matters; to provide for short titles; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-02-19
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-26 — House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sharon Cooperprimary
  • Lehman Franklinprimary
  • Spencer Fryeprimary
  • Leesa Haganprimary
  • Kasey Carpenterprimary
  • Bill Hitchensprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-19

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-20

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2026-02-24

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  4. 2026-02-26

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73440

Attribution

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