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Bill Cove's Law; enact A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, so as to add Krabbe disease to the list of metabolic and genetic conditions for which newborn screening may be conducted pursuant to the Department of Public Health; to provide for the screening at the option of the parent or parents; to provide for payment of fees directly to the laboratory; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 HB 241 Georgia HB 241 (2017_18)
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Lee Hawkins
Matt Dubnik
Matt Hatchett
Sharon Cooper
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Georgia HB 241 (2017_18) — Cove's Law; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, so as to add Krabbe disease to the list of metabolic and genetic conditions for which newborn screening may be conducted pursuant to the Department of Public Health; to provide for the screening at the option of the parent or parents; to provide for payment of fees directly to the laboratory; 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.

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1630 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alan Powell — primary (person)
  • Jan Jones — primary (person)
  • Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
  • Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
  • Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-02 House Hopper
  • 2017-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2017-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2017-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2017-02-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2017-02-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2017-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2017-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2017-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2017-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2017-05-08 Act 190 executive-signature
  • 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eecec646-f770-4b87-930f-f8d80b79651b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).