Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-3-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other laws unaffected by the "Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Act," so as to authorize the use of testing equipment to determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Senate Hopper · Jan 14, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Jan 15, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 4, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 5, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 10, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 10, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 11, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 12, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 11, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 18, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 18, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2025
Act 126 · May 12, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
9
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Kirkpatrick, KayStrickland, BrianRobertson, RandyJackson, KimBrass, MattGoodman, RussHarrell, SallyWatson, BenCooper, Sharon
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-18 · yea 170, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 6
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-02-10 · yea 55, nay 0, notVoting 0, excused 1
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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