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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment"
+description: "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; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 6"
+citation: "Georgia SB 6 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FOOD", "DRUGS", "AND COSMETICS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brian Strickland", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Sally Harrell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e97ac8ce-cb4c-471e-a065-581894a114ec"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1fcabbc6a8e1f5d2c71039a033b84088d3e5cb24ea0378d627f00939cf319c5a"
+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 6 (2025_26) — Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment
+
+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; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231753.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 57 0170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229854.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 52 0718S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231090.pdf)
+4. **SB 6/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236510.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #31 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #283 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
+- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-14** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-01-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-12** Act 126 `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/e97ac8ce-cb4c-471e-a065-581894a114ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+