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title: HB 489. End Public Funding of Misinformation Act; enact
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date: 2025-02-20
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status_date: 2025-02-18
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sponsors:
  - Anne Westbrook
  - Tanya Miller
  - Mary Oliver
  - Marvin Lim
  - Samuel Park
  - Shea Roberts
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  - pregnancy resources
  - state grant funding
  - public health policy
  - reproductive health programs
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# HB 489. End Public Funding of Misinformation Act; enact

## Text

House Bill 489
By: Representatives Westbrook of the 163rd, Miller of the 62nd, Oliver of the 84th, Lim of the
98th, Park of the 107th, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
Department of Public Health, so as to repeal and reserve Article 2, relating to positive
alternatives for pregnancy and parenting grant program; to provide for a short title; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "End Public Funding of Misinformation
Act."
SECTION 2.
Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department
of Public Health, is amended by repealing and reserving Article 2, relating to positive
alternatives for pregnancy and parenting grant program, in its entirety.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia House bill would eliminate the state's Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting grant program by repealing the law that created it, ending its public funding entirely.

### Plain-language summary

Georgia currently runs a grant program through the Department of Public Health called the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting grant program, set up under Article 2 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. This bill would repeal that entire article, removing the program and its legal basis from state law.
The bill is short: it names itself the 'End Public Funding of Misinformation Act,' repeals and reserves (removes but keeps the space for) Article 2 in its entirety, and repeals any other laws that conflict with this change. The bill text does not create a replacement program or redirect the funding elsewhere; it simply removes the existing grant program from Georgia law.

### What it does

- Repeals Article 2 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, which established the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting grant program.
- Reserves the repealed article, meaning the section numbers remain empty rather than being deleted or reassigned.
- Gives the Act a short title, the 'End Public Funding of Misinformation Act,' for citation purposes.
- Repeals any other Georgia laws that conflict with this change.

### Who it affects

The bill affects the Georgia Department of Public Health, which currently administers the grant program, and any organizations that receive or apply for grants under the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting program, since that funding source would be eliminated.

### Why it matters

If enacted, organizations that currently rely on this state grant program for pregnancy and parenting services would lose that funding source, and the Department of Public Health would no longer operate or oversee the program going forward.

### Key provisions

- Section 1 establishes the short title of the Act as the 'End Public Funding of Misinformation Act.'
- Section 2 repeals and reserves Article 2 of Chapter 2A of Title 31, eliminating the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting grant program in its entirety.
- Section 3 repeals all laws and parts of laws that conflict with the Act.

## Status

- Status: Introduced (2025-02-18)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2025-02-20)
- Sponsors: Anne Westbrook, Tanya Miller, Mary Oliver, Marvin Lim, Samuel Park, Shea Roberts
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70413

> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb489.md?full=1