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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; require"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to death investigations, so as to require a medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 496"
+citation: "Georgia SB 496 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Bruce Thompson", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Gloria Butler", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lindsey Tippins", "Marty Harbin", "Michelle Au", "Mike Dugan", "Nan Orrock", "Randy Robertson", "Sonya Halpern"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-11"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/758f5d91-7bf5-4ab8-9d29-4faf40be4a2d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "550c405cb71109851c57005d776042f7d174b82a9ef89600b926a1f10c947241"
+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 SB 496 (2021_22) — Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; require
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to death investigations, so as to require a medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; 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. **As introduced LC 33 8995** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206250.pdf)
+2. **As passed Semate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207969.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 33 9035S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207359.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 9082S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210310.pdf)
+5. **SB 496/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211408.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
+- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
+- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- Michelle Au — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-11** Senate Hopper
+- **2022-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-02** Act 799 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/758f5d91-7bf5-4ab8-9d29-4faf40be4a2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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