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HB489 • 2025

End Public Funding of Misinformation Act; enact

End Public Funding of Misinformation Act; enact

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Sponsor
Westbrook, Anne Allen
Last action
2025-02-20
Official status
House Second Readers
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official title includes 'Misinformation,' but the bill text only describes repealing a specific grant program without defining what constitutes misinformation.

End Public Funding of Misinformation Act

This bill repeals the state law that created a grant program for positive alternatives to pregnancy and parenting.

What This Bill Does

  • Repeals Article 2 in Chapter 2A of Title 31 of Georgia law regarding public health grants.
  • Ends funding for the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program by removing its legal authority.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Georgia Department of Public Health
  • Organizations or individuals who currently receive grants from the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program

Terms To Know

Repeal
To officially cancel a law so it is no longer in effect.
Grant program
A system where the government gives money to groups or people for specific purposes without requiring repayment.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not state when this change will take effect.
  • The source material does not explain what happens to grant applications already in progress.
  • The document does not specify if other pregnancy-related funding programs remain active.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-20 Georgia General Assembly

    House Second Readers

Official Summary Text

End Public Funding of Misinformation Act; enact