Georgia CommonsHouse · Passed · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HR 930: Georgia Community-Based Doula Week; March 29 to April 5, 2025; recognize
Last action April 2, 2025 · House Read and Adopted
A Georgia House resolution recognizes March 29 to April 5, 2025 as Georgia Community-Based Doula Week, honoring doulas who support mothers during childbirth and in underserved communities.
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In plain language
This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives designates the week of March 29 to April 5, 2025 as Georgia Community-Based Doula Week. It does not change any law or create new programs or funding. Instead, it formally recognizes the work of community-based doulas, who provide continuous emotional and physical support to mothers before, during, and after childbirth. The resolution states that these doulas often share lived experience with the birthing person, which it says improves outcomes in underserved communities, and that doulas work alongside doctors, midwives, and nurses. The House directs its Clerk to make copies available to the public and press, which is the resolution's only operative instruction.
What the bill does
- Formally recognizes March 29 to April 5, 2025 as Georgia Community-Based Doula Week through a House resolution.
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
- Does not create any new law, program, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a symbolic recognition only.
Who it affects
Community-based doulas across Georgia, the mothers and families they support, and the doctors, midwives, and nurses who work alongside them during childbirth are the groups named in the resolution's text.
Why it matters
Because this is a resolution rather than a bill that amends the Georgia Code, it carries no legal or financial effect. Its practical impact is limited to public recognition of doulas' work and drawing attention to maternal health disparities in underserved communities.
Key provisions
- The resolving clause recognizes March 29 to April 5, 2025 as Georgia Community-Based Doula Week.
- A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available for distribution to the public and the press.
- The whereas clauses describe doulas' roles in supporting labor, delivery, and postpartum care, and their work addressing maternal health disparities.
From the bill
“community-based doulas provide continuous support to mothers during labor and delivery, helping them cope with the physical and mental demands of giving birth”
“the members of this body recognize March 29 to April 5, 2025, as Georgia Community-Based Doula Week”
Status timeline
- House Read and Adopted (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Park Cannon (D, HD-58)
- Inga Willis (D, HD-55)
- Karen Bennett (D, HD-94)
- Kim Schofield (D, HD-63)
- Viola Davis (D, HD-87)
- Sandra Scott (D, HD-76)
Topics
- maternal health
- doulas
- childbirth support
- women's health
- legislative recognition