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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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
March 21, 2025 · House
Passage: House Vote #296
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
161 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 13 absent
Committee referrals
February 19, 2025 · House
Health
January 30, 2025 · Senate
Health and Human Services
Instrument history
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State Effective Date 2025-07-01
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State Act 83
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Senate Senate Date Signed by Governor
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Senate Senate Sent to Governor
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House House Passed/Adopted View roll call
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House House Third Readers
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House House Committee Favorably Reported
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House House Second Readers
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House House First Readers
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Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
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Senate Senate Third Read
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Senate Senate Read Second Time
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Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
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Senate Senate Read and Referred
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Senate Senate Hopper