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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Margie's Law; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to health, so as to require certain notice in a mammogram report to patients with dense breast tissue; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 62"
+citation: "Georgia HB 62 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Bonnie Rich", "Chuck Efstration", "Deborah Silcox", "Houston Gaines", "Sharon Cooper"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-28"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/494806ee-2389-4a8d-a872-41220e489c0c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c3e8c36c78b54cff22d0b4604b9a26544c5e6f8de9231918fe0ec637bb03d007"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 62 (2019_20) — Margie's Law; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to health, so as to require certain notice in a mammogram report to patients with dense breast tissue; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 62/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183012.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 7655S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181023.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 7655S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180436.pdf)
+4. **LC 46 0050/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179852.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **166–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2019-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-02** Act 138 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/494806ee-2389-4a8d-a872-41220e489c0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+