Health, Local Government, and Property; regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; provide
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Became law
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 31, 36, and 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, local government, and property, respectively, so as to provide regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 31, 36, and 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, local government, and property, respectively, so as to provide regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; to revise procedures concerning the issuance of permits for the disinterment and reinterment of human remains; to provide definitions; to provide statutory construction; to conform cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 11, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 24, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Jan 28, 2026
Senate Third Read · Feb 9, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 9, 2026
House First Readers · Feb 10, 2026
House Second Readers · Feb 11, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 24, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 27, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 486 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
8
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Williams, RickHatchett, BoRobertson, RandyAlbers, JohnMallow, DerekGoodman, RussKennedy, John F.Petrea, Jesse
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-27 · yea 163, nay 2, notVoting 9, excused 6
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-02-09 · yea 46, nay 0, notVoting 7, excused 3
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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