GA SB348 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Passed on April 23 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-23 - Act 477
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Passed on April 23 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-23 - Act 477
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to revise the period for which an individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death to be considered an unattended death; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Title
Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death; revise the period
Sponsors
| Sen. Ricky Williams [R] | Sen. Ben Watson [R] | Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick [R] | Sen. Lee Anderson [R] |
| Sen. Larry Walker [R] | Sen. Derek Mallow [D] | Sen. Shelly Echols [R] | Sen. Mike Hodges [R] |
| Rep. John Corbett [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-11 - House - Passage: House Vote #682 (Y: 163 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 12) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #446 (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #446 (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-23 | Act 477 | |
| 2024-04-23 | Senate | Senate Date Signed by Governor |
| 2024-04-02 | Senate | Senate Sent to Governor |
| 2024-03-11 | House | House Passed/Adopted |
| 2024-03-11 | House | House Third Readers |
| 2024-02-13 | House | House Committee Favorably Reported |
| 2024-02-01 | House | House Second Readers |
| 2024-01-31 | House | House First Readers |
| 2024-01-30 | Senate | Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended |
| 2024-01-30 | Senate | Senate Third Read |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Senate Read Second Time |
| 2024-01-23 | Senate | Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| 2024-01-11 | Senate | Senate Read and Referred |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Senate Hopper |
