GA SB72 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 16)
Status: Passed on May 12 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-12 - Effective Date 2025-07-01
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 16)
Status: Passed on May 12 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-12 - Effective Date 2025-07-01
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 52 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to terminally ill patient's right to try investigational drugs, biological products, and devices, so as to expand access to individualized investigational treatments to patients who have severely debilitating or life-threatening illnesses; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for written informed consent; to allow certain manufacturers or eligible facilities to make available individualized investigational treatments; to provide that coverage is not mandatory; to prohibit the sanctions against a physician's license; to provide exemption to liability for certain charges; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Title
"Hope for Georgia Patients Act"; enact
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-03-27 - House - Passage: House Vote #318 (Y: 161 N: 0 NV: 16 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-24 - Senate - Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #86 (Y: 56 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-24 - Senate - Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #86 (Y: 56 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-12 | Effective Date 2025-07-01 | |
| 2025-05-12 | Act 122 | |
| 2025-05-12 | Senate | Senate Date Signed by Governor |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Senate Sent to Governor |
| 2025-03-27 | House | House Passed/Adopted |
| 2025-03-27 | House | House Third Readers |
| 2025-03-20 | House | House Committee Favorably Reported |
| 2025-02-27 | House | House Second Readers |
| 2025-02-26 | House | House First Readers |
| 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate Third Read |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Senate Read Second Time |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| 2025-02-04 | Senate | Senate Read and Referred |
| 2025-02-03 | Senate | Senate Hopper |
