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title: HR 274. General Assembly; appropriate an additional $2 million annually to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program; urge
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date: 2025-02-20
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bill_number: HR 274
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chamber: House
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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 and maternal health
  - crisis pregnancy centers
  - state budget
  - abortion policy
  - infant mortality
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# HR 274. General Assembly; appropriate an additional $2 million annually to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program; urge

## Text

House Resolution 274
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 RESOLUTION
Urging the General Assembly to appropriate an additional $2 million annually to the Georgia
Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, in lieu of all moneys currently
being appropriated to fund crisis pregnancy centers; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, this resolution shall be named the "Fund Healthy Pregnancy and Parenting
Resolution"; and
WHEREAS, in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, the Governor has supported adding
$2.98 million to increase funds to expand a pilot program to provide in-home visits for at-risk
and underserved rural communities during pregnancy and early childhood to improve birth
outcomes, reduce preterm deliveries, and decrease infant and maternal mortality rates; and
WHEREAS, this program shall be referred to as the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood
Home Visiting Program; and
WHEREAS, this program as administered by the Department of Public Health has produced
positive outcomes and is worthy of increased support; and
WHEREAS, there are approximately 89 crisis pregnancy centers in this state; and
WHEREAS, crisis pregnancy centers are often fronts for antiabortion activities; and
WHEREAS, the main purpose of these centers is often to coerce pregnant populations,
especially those having unintended pregnancies, into not having an abortion rather than
providing them with comprehensive, fact based reproductive care; and
WHEREAS, because these centers are sometimes mistaken for actual clinics providing
abortion services, the state's support of their activities puts pregnant populations at greater
risk; and
WHEREAS, no further taxpayer money should be appropriated to such centers; and
WHEREAS, even if Georgians did receive some benefit from such centers, abortion rights
are currently restricted in this state beyond six weeks, except in special situations; therefore,
there should be less need for such centers; and
WHEREAS, consequently, if the number of abortions occurring in this state are decreasing
due to that law, the need for any services provided by such centers should also be decreasing;
and
WHEREAS, the most recent budget appropriated approximately $2 million to fund crisis
pregnancy centers; and
WHEREAS, this year's budget should provide funding to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program by such amount in lieu of appropriating such moneys to
crisis pregnancy centers; and
WHEREAS, this proposal would not cost taxpayers any additional moneys; and
WHEREAS, this proposal would better allocate the resources of this state to meet the needs
of its residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that
members of this body urge the General Assembly to appropriate an additional $2 million
annually to the Georgia Home Visiting program to improve birth outcomes, reduce preterm
deliveries, and decrease infant and maternal mortality rates, in lieu of appropriating such
moneys to fund crisis pregnancy centers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the
General Assembly's legislative leaders.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia House resolution urges the General Assembly to redirect about $2 million a year from crisis pregnancy centers to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, without adding new state spending.

### Plain-language summary

This resolution, called the 'Fund Healthy Pregnancy and Parenting Resolution,' does not change Georgia law by itself. Instead it urges the General Assembly to shift about $2 million in annual funding away from the state's roughly 89 crisis pregnancy centers and put that money into the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, a Department of Public Health effort that sends home visitors to at-risk and rural families during pregnancy and early childhood.
The resolution argues the home visiting program has produced positive results and that crisis pregnancy centers, which it describes as often opposing abortion rather than offering full reproductive care, need less funding now that abortion is restricted after six weeks in Georgia. It states the proposal would not cost taxpayers any additional money, since it simply moves existing funds from one program to another. The resolution directs the House Clerk to send copies to legislative leaders.

### What it does

- Urges the General Assembly to add $2 million annually to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
- Calls for that $2 million to come from funds currently appropriated to crisis pregnancy centers, not from new taxpayer money.
- States a goal of improving birth outcomes, reducing preterm deliveries, and decreasing infant and maternal mortality through the home visiting program.
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the General Assembly's legislative leaders.

### Who it affects

The Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program and the Department of Public Health, which administers it, along with the state's roughly 89 crisis pregnancy centers that currently receive state funding, and pregnant Georgians and families in at-risk or rural communities who use either type of service.

### Why it matters

If lawmakers act on this resolution, crisis pregnancy centers across Georgia could lose their current state funding while a home visiting program serving pregnant and postpartum families in underserved areas could receive more money, changing which services the state prioritizes for expectant and new parents.

### Key provisions

- The preamble notes the Governor's Fiscal Year 2026 budget already proposed adding about $2.98 million to expand the pilot home visiting program.
- The resolution asserts the most recent state budget appropriated approximately $2 million to fund crisis pregnancy centers.
- The operative resolving clause urges the General Assembly to appropriate an additional $2 million annually to the home visiting program in lieu of funding crisis pregnancy centers.
- A further resolving clause directs the House Clerk to make copies available to the General Assembly's legislative leaders.
- As a resolution rather than a bill, it expresses the House's position and does not itself enact a budget change.

## 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/70429

> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr274.md?full=1