Children and Families

GA - Senator Kay Kirkpatrick (R)

Title:

Chairman

GA - Senator Bo Hatchett (R)

Title:

Vice Chairman

GA - Senator Matt Brass (R)

Title:

Secretary

GA - Senator Max Burns (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Jason Esteves (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Kim Jackson (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Derek Mallow (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Nikki Merritt (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Chuck Payne (R)

Title:

Ex-officio

GA - Senator Randy Robertson (R)

Title:

Ex-officio

GA - HB1 Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act; enact

GA - HB76 Professions and businesses; education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy; revise provisions

GA - HB129 Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women

GA - SB45 Education; care of students being treated for epilepsy or a seizure disorder; provide

GA - HB144 George L. Burgess Act; enact

GA - SB64 Birth Certificate; issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted; provide

GA - SR76 Training Program; high-risk athletic activities for children 14 and under on property owned by the state of Georgia; covering important safety information for prevention and treatment of injuries to our young athletes; encourage

GA - SB107 "Izzy's Law"; Depart. of Public Health shall develop and make available for download from its internet website a model aquatic safety plan based on national standards for private swim instructors; provide

GA - HB291 Guardian and ward; add to the list of providers who are authorized to participate in the processes for appointment of a guardian for an adult

GA - SB131 Permanent Guardianship; service by publication; provide

GA - SB133 Juvenile Code; a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders; create

GA - SB134 Evidence; that a child witness be deemed competent to testify without taking the oath; provide

GA - SB135 Paternity; Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; align evidentiary medical and genetic testing

GA - SB187 "Safe Place for Newborns Improvement Act"

GA - HB460 Courts; child's right to legal representation in legitimation cases; provide

GA - SB216 Children and Youth Services; respite care for foster parents for longer periods of time pursuant to circumstances; authorize

GA - HB499 Domestic relations; authorize child support and insurance policies for certain disabled children; provisions

GA - HB509 Crimes and offenses; burglary; include an act of family violence

GA - SB230 Programs and Protection for Children; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions

GA - SB258 Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act; additional duties regarding legal representation of children and parents; provide

GA - SB281 Child Custody Proceedings; judicial discretion in determining the right of a surviving parent to custody of a child when such surviving parent is criminally charged; provide

GA - SB324 State Printing and Documents; a victim centered address confidentiality program; provide

GA - SB342 Child Abuse Records; child abuse and neglect registries; authorize the disclosure

GA - SB376 Juvenile Code; improve timely permanent placement of a child removed from their home; clarify requirements

GA - HB1010 Public officers and employees; increase number of hours permitted for paid parental leave

GA - SB387 Identification Cards; certain applicants who are either homeless or in the legal custody of the Division of Family and Children Services do not require signatures; provide

GA - SR471 Senate Study Committee on Access to Affordable Child Care; create

GA - SR474 Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children; quality legal representation for parents, children and youth, and child welfare agencies at all stages of child welfare proceedings; urge partnership

GA - SB401 Senate Foster Care and Adoption Study Committee; implement recommendations

GA - SB483 Minors; enter into the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; definitions; provisions; provide

GA - SB519 Hospitals; prescribing or administering certain hormone replacement therapies and puberty blocking medications for certain purposes to minors; prohibit

GA - SB520 Domestic Relations; provisions relating to income withholding orders; change and clarify

GA - SR757 Senate Study Committee on the Establishment of a Baby Bonds Program; create