SB 25 - Divorce; change time limit; effect on children; require education classes

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Committees

Current Status

03/20/06 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to divorce, so as to require certain divorcing parents to participate in education classes that focus on the effect of divorce and separation on children; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for the types of persons who can provide the education; to provide for exceptions to the education classes; to change the time limit for granting a divorce on the grounds that the marriage is irretrievably broken; to provide for different time frames for granting divorce based on certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
03/03/05 04:38 PM Senate Vote #156 036 017 000 003 PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
03/20/06 02:55 PM House Vote #925 085 078 008 009 RECOM TO RULES
03/20/06 02:57 PM House Vote #926 081 085 005 009 RECON

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
01/12/2005 Senate Read and Referred
02/22/2005 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
02/23/2005 Senate Read Second Time
03/03/2005 Senate Third Read
03/03/2005 Senate Passed/Adopted
03/04/2005 House First Readers
03/10/2005 House Second Readers
03/29/2005 House Committee Favorably Reported
03/31/2005 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
01/13/2006 House Committee Favorably Reported
03/20/2006 House Third Readers
03/20/2006 House Withdrawn, Recommitted

Footnotes

3/29/05 Favorably Reported in House
3/31/05 Recommitted
3/20/06 Withdrawn and Recommitted to Rules Committee