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2025-2026 Regular Session

SB58

"Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for the licensing and operation of emergency organ transport vehicles as ambulance services; to provide for the operation of such vehicles on public roadways; to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to exempt emergency organ transport vehicles from those vehicles required to obtain an emergency vehicle permit from the Department of Public Safety; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Legislative progress

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Sent to Governor April 7, 2025 Governor approved May 9, 2025 Became law May 9, 2025

Recorded floor votes

2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

February 18, 2025 · Senate

Passage: Senate Vote #59

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

53 yea–0 nay · 3 absent

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March 21, 2025 · House

Passage: House Vote #296

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

161 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 13 absent

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Committee referrals

February 19, 2025 · House

Health

Instrument history

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  1. State Effective Date 2025-07-01
  2. State Act 83
  3. Senate Senate Date Signed by Governor
  4. Senate Senate Sent to Governor
  5. House House Passed/Adopted View roll call
  6. House House Third Readers
  7. House House Committee Favorably Reported
  8. House House Second Readers
  9. House House First Readers
  10. Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
  11. Senate Senate Third Read
  12. Senate Senate Read Second Time
  13. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  14. Senate Senate Read and Referred
  15. Senate Senate Hopper
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