SB 420 - Care of a Grandchild Act; power of attorney from parent to grandparent; create pilot program to provide subsidy to certain grandparents

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Committees

Current Status

03/27/06 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child custody proceedings, so as to provide for the creation, authorization, procedure, revocation, and termination of a power of attorney from a parent to a grandparent for the care of a grandchild; to provide for short titles; to provide definitions; to provide for the creation of a pilot program to provide a subsidy to certain grandparents raising grandchildren under certain circumstances; to provide for an assessment and evaluation of the pilot program; to provide for other related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
03/09/06 12:18 PM Senate Vote #786 056 000 000 000 PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
03/27/06 04:00 PM House Vote #1025 121 039 011 009 RECOM TO RULES

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
01/12/2006 Senate Read and Referred
03/06/2006 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/08/2006 Senate Read Second Time
03/09/2006 Senate Third Read
03/09/2006 Senate Passed/Adopted
03/13/2006 House First Readers
03/14/2006 House Second Readers
03/22/2006 House Committee Favorably Reported
03/27/2006 House Third Readers
03/27/2006 House Withdrawn, Recommitted

Footnotes

3/27/06 Withdrawn and recommitted to Rules