GA HB 441
died on adjournmentGeorgia 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
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Emory Dunahooprimary
- Mike Cameronprimary
- Charlice Byrdprimary
- Danny Mathisprimary
- Trey Kelleyprimary
- Martin Momtahanprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-13
House Hopper
introduction
2025-02-18
House First Readers
reading-1
2025-02-19
House Second Readers
reading-2
Versions
- LC 46 1024/aCompare
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
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