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GA HB 441

died on adjournment

Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Quick answers

Did GA HB 441 pass?

No. GA HB 441 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-19): House Second Readers

What is GA HB 441 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for a coercion defense to a charge of murder for defendant mothers of unborn children; to provide for construction; to provide for exceptions; to provide for concurrent prosecuting authority of the Attorney General and prosecuting attorneys in certain cases; to provide for applicability; to remove exceptions that allow for assault and battery on an unborn child; to amend Code Section 19-7-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to in whom parental power lies, how such power lost, and recovery for homicide of a child or unborn child, so as to provide for the right to recovery for the life of a child beginning at the stage of fertilization; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and determinations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA HB 441?

Emory Dunahoo, Mike Cameron, Charlice Byrd and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 441.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for a coercion defense to a charge of murder for defendant mothers of unborn children; to provide for construction; to provide for exceptions; to provide for concurrent prosecuting authority of the Attorney General and prosecuting attorneys in certain cases; to provide for applicability; to remove exceptions that allow for assault and battery on an unborn child; to amend Code Section 19-7-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to in whom parental power lies, how such power lost, and recovery for homicide of a child or unborn child, so as to provide for the right to recovery for the life of a child beginning at the stage of fertilization; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and determinations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-13
Latest action
2025-02-19 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Emory Dunahooprimary
  • Mike Cameronprimary
  • Charlice Byrdprimary
  • Danny Mathisprimary
  • Trey Kelleyprimary
  • Martin Momtahanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-18

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-19

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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