"Putting Georgia's Patients First Act"; enact
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to rename low THC oil as medical cannabis;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to rename low THC oil as medical cannabis; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16, Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, and Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against the public health and morals, regulation of controlled substances, and general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, respectively, so as to clarify and revise criminal penalties; to provide for related m
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
House Withdrawn, Recommitted · Apr 4, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 10, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 12, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 12, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended · Mar 18, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 23, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 712 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
20
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Brass, MattSummers, CardenHatchett, BoStrickland, BrianJackson, KimJones, EmanuelSims, Freddie PowellLucas, DavidBeach, BrandonRahman, SheikhHickman, BillyHodges, MikeJones II, HaroldParent, ElenaMoore, ColtonGoodman, RussMcLaurin, JoshWilliams, RickAnderson, LeeNewton, Mark
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate Amend to House SubHouse · 2026-03-23 · yea 144, nay 21, notVoting 7, excused 8
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDEDSenate · 2026-03-18 · yea 38, nay 14, notVoting 2, excused 2
ADOPTION OF AMEND #1A BY SEN FROM THE 6TH TO AMEND #1 BY SEN FROM THE 6THSenate · 2026-03-18 · yea 36, nay 15, notVoting 3, excused 2
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-12 · yea 138, nay 21, notVoting 7, excused 14
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 39, nay 17, notVoting 0, excused 0
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #4 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 29THSenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 12, nay 43, notVoting 1, excused 0
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #3 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 23RDSenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 13, nay 43, notVoting 0, excused 0
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #2 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 6THSenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 47, nay 8, notVoting 1, excused 0
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 37THSenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 12, nay 44, notVoting 0, excused 0
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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