---
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).