Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to require testing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the newborn screening system;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 5, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 6, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 11, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 27, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 28, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 3, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Apr 2, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 13, 2025
Act 183 · May 13, 2025
Effective Date · May 13, 2025
The numbers
18
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Robertson, RandyHatchett, BoPayne, ChuckWilliams, RickStill, ShawnAlbers, JohnSummers, CardenWatson, BenEchols, DrewWatson, SamKirkpatrick, KayGoodman, RussHufstetler, ChuckBurns, MaxDixon, ClintHodges, MikeHarbin, MartyClark, David
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 51, nay 1, notVoting 3, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 167, nay 2, notVoting 3, excused 8
PASSAGESenate · 2025-02-27 · yea 46, nay 4, notVoting 2, excused 4
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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