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Read. Follow. Verify.Georgia House Urges Shifting $2 Million from Crisis Pregnancy Centers to Home Visiting Program
Last action · February 20, 2025: House Second ReadersSponsors: Anne Westbrook and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House 274 urges the General Assembly to redirect $2 million annually from to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program without increasing overall taxpayer spending.
The measure proposes a shift in state funding priorities between reproductive health services and support programs, impacting the allocation of $2 million in annual state appropriations.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Stands to receive an additional $2 million annually in state appropriations.
Crisis pregnancy centers
Face the loss of approximately $2 million in annual state appropriations.
Key Facts
- The resolution is officially named the "Fund Healthy Pregnancy and Parenting Resolution."
- The Governor's Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposed adding $2.98 million to expand the home visiting pilot program for at-risk and underserved rural communities.
- The state currently has approximately 89 crisis pregnancy centers.
- The most recent state budget appropriated approximately $2 million to fund crisis pregnancy centers.
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- The resolution urges redirecting $2 million annually from crisis pregnancy centers to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
- The proposal is designed to be revenue-neutral, costing taxpayers no additional moneys.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 20, 2025HouseHouse Second Readers
- Feb 19, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse First Readers
- Feb 18, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse Hopper
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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