---
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).