2025-2026 Regular Session

SB197

"End Public Funding of Misinformation Act"' enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to repeal and reserve Article 2, relating to positive alternatives for pregnancy and parenting grant program; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health and Human Services
Last status date: February 19, 2025
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Health and Human Services
Author: Nan Orrock
Co-sponsors: Kim Jackson Harold Jones Sonya Halpern Nikki MerrittJason EstevesKenya Wicks Josh McLaurin Gail Davenport Michael Rhett Randal ManghamNabilah Islam ParkesSheikh Rahman Ed Harbison David Lucas Emanuel Jones Tonya Anderson

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Committee referrals

February 19, 2025 · Senate

Health and Human Services

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 19, 2025
Senate Senate Read and Referred
February 18, 2025
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1974229
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB197.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00