Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions
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 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to repeal certain provisions requiring COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Show all 16 actions
House Hopper · Feb 26, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 27, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 28, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 4, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 10, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 13, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 18, 2025
Senate Third Read · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended · Apr 2, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 275 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate AmendmentHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 166, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 10
PASSAGE AS AMENDEDSenate · 2025-04-02 · yea 52, nay 2, notVoting 2, excused 0
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 1STSenate · 2025-04-02 · yea 50, nay 3, notVoting 3, excused 0
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-06 · yea 123, nay 49, notVoting 2, excused 6
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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