---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resuscitation; parental requirement for consent; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-39-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons authorized to issue order not to resuscitate, so as to revise parental requirement for consent; 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: "SB 104"
citation: "Georgia SB 104 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Zahra Karinshak"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2020-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a77eef56-4997-49e2-a128-8dc0df7ff4d1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b55f24a1f8f968e1487f9eac8959c148d55fa6d92c4772e2c8d1356b3b683263"
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 104 (2019_20) — Resuscitation; parental requirement for consent; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-39-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons authorized to issue order not to resuscitate, so as to revise parental requirement for consent; 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 46 0070ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181361.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183769.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 41 1879ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182809.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183707.pdf)
5. **LC 41 1969S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185134.pdf)
6. **LC 43 1702S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195147.pdf)
7. **SB 104/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195213.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-13** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Act 585 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a77eef56-4997-49e2-a128-8dc0df7ff4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).