SB 368

  • Georgia Senate Bill
  • 2019-2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Children and Youth Services; child-placing agencies from being required to perform or participate; when placement violates certain religious or moral convictions of the child-placing agency; prohibit

Abstract

A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to prohibit child-placing agencies from being required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, consent to, refer, or participate in any placement of a child for foster care or adoption when the placement violates certain religious or moral convictions of the child-placing agency; to provide for nondiscrimination of such child-placing agencies by entities of state and local government; to provide that certain actions shall not form the basis of a civil action; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Feb 18, 2020

Senate

Senate Read and Referred

  • Referral-Committee
Judiciary

Feb 05, 2020

Senate

Senate Hopper

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As introduced LC 41 2268 PDF

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