"Hope for Georgia Patients Act"; enact
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Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 52 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to terminally ill patient's right to try investigational drugs, biological products, and devices, so as to expand access to individualized investigational treatments to patients who have severely debilitating or...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 52 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to terminally ill patient's right to try investigational drugs, biological products, and devices, so as to expand access to individualized investigational treatments to patients who have severely debilitating or life-threatening illnesses; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for written informed consent; to allow certain manufacturers or eligible facilities to make avai
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Senate Hopper · Feb 3, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 4, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 11, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 24, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 24, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 26, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 27, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 27, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2025
Act 122 · May 12, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
16
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Brass, MattKirkpatrick, KayDolezal, GregStrickland, BrianWalker, III, LarryAlbers, JohnSummers, CardenWilliams, RickRobertson, RandyMoore, ColtonHufstetler, ChuckGoodman, RussEchols, DrewTillery, BlakeHatchett, BoHawkins, Lee
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-27 · yea 161, nay 0, notVoting 16, excused 3
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-02-24 · yea 56, nay 0, 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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