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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to codify the right to in vitro fertilization for individuals; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 428"
+citation: "Georgia HB 428 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Jan Jones", "Lehman Franklin", "Sandy Donatucci", "Scott Hilton", "Soo Hong"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a207b42-0229-4cce-a0de-6cae9c95ecab"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3b5be04d4f11c2a3b6206ec3f02c8ce05faa41db7a48bed812c477e86028ca28"
+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 428 (2025_26) — Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to codify the right to in vitro fertilization for individuals; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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 428/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238052.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 1090/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232306.pdf)
+3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 33 9818S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236680.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #293 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #102 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #333 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
+- Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
+- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
+- Soo Hong — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Act 41 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a207b42-0229-4cce-a0de-6cae9c95ecab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+