---
type: "Bill"
title: "Low THC Oil Patient Registry; term of validity of a registration card; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-2A-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Low THC Oil Patient Registry, so as to provide for the term of validity of a registration card; to provide for delivery of registration cards; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 495"
citation: "Georgia SB 495 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Jason Esteves", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/661198a2-da48-41fc-8b15-6ff6e2331dce"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "439eb5357a8ee559f204ba85722586e79fd4751072e21b3df91f917f766b4298"
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 495 (2023_24) — Low THC Oil Patient Registry; term of validity of a registration card; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-2A-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Low THC Oil Patient Registry, so as to provide for the term of validity of a registration card; to provide for delivery of registration cards; 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 36 5729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223908.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226186.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 52 0509S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225166.pdf)
4. **LC 36 5851S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227650.pdf)
5. **SB 495/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229657.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #609 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–3** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #868 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #899 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Tabled
- **2024-02-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 620 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/661198a2-da48-41fc-8b15-6ff6e2331dce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).