"Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel 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 Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for the licensing and operation of emergency organ transport vehicles as ambulance services;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for the licensing and operation of emergency organ transport vehicles as ambulance services; to provide for the operation of such vehicles on public roadways; to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to exempt emergency organ transport vehicles from those vehicles required
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Senate Hopper · Jan 29, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Jan 30, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 6, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 10, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 18, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 18, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 19, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 20, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 11, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 21, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 9, 2025
Act 83 · May 9, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
21
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Albers, JohnHufstetler, ChuckKirkpatrick, KayWatson, BenKennedy, John F.Summers, CardenAnavitarte, JasonHickman, BillyGinn, FrankBurns, MaxWilliams, RickCowsert, BillPayne, ChuckEchols, DrewWatson, SamBearden, TimothyStill, ShawnHarbin, MartyGoodman, RussAnderson, LeeTownsend, Rick
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-21 · yea 161, nay 0, notVoting 6, excused 13
PASSAGESenate · 2025-02-18 · yea 53, nay 0, notVoting 0, 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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