republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-34.md

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Bill	"Georgia Right to Try Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to enact the "Georgia Right to Try Act"; to provide for investigational drugs, biological products, and devices for patients with advanced illnesses; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for written informed consent; to allow manufacturers to make such drugs available; to provide that health benefit coverage is not mandatory; to prohibit sanctions against a physician's license; to prohibit blocking access; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 34	Georgia HB 34 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Jason Spencer Margaret Kaiser Micah Gravley Mike Dudgeon Sam Teasley Scot Turner	6	18	1	2015-01-05	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/83dd40f9-4017-4f37-b637-9f28669b953c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0556a442fadf074acc6ab5a6cabf363d175cb4c67cdc2ed814e5d7796203f37b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 34 (2015_16) — "Georgia Right to Try Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to enact the "Georgia Right to Try Act"; to provide for investigational drugs, biological products, and devices for patients with advanced illnesses; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for written informed consent; to allow manufacturers to make such drugs available; to provide that health benefit coverage is not mandatory; to prohibit sanctions against a physician's license; to prohibit blocking access; to provide for statutory construction; 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 34/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 5678/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 5678/pf (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6084S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 33 6420S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 33 6420S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 173–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason Spencer — primary (person)
• Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
• Micah Gravley — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
• Sam Teasley — primary (person)
• Scot Turner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-05 House Prefiled introduction
• 2015-01-15 House Hopper
• 2015-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2016-02-03 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 422 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83dd40f9-4017-4f37-b637-9f28669b953c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).