Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to require the Department of Community Health to conduct an annual review of medications and treatment for sickle cell disease for...” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 6, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 25, 2026
House Postponed · Mar 3, 2026
House Postponed · Mar 4, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 6, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 9, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Tabled · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Taken from Table · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Third Read · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 2, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Apr 2, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 5, 2026
Act 401 · May 5, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Crawford, OmariOliver, Mary MargaretAu, MichelleWillis, IngaWestbrook, Anne AllenJackson, EdnaHarbison, Ed
Recorded votes
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-04-02 · yea 49, nay 0, notVoting 6, excused 1
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2026-04-02 · yea 149, nay 18, notVoting 10, excused 3
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-06 · yea 159, nay 7, notVoting 5, excused 9
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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