republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-46.md

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Bill	Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 28–32 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of sexually transmitted disease, so as to require physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 28–32 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 46	Georgia SB 46 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Chuck Hufstetler Gloria Butler John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Max Burns Rick Williams Shawn Still	4	15	2	2023-01-30	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1c54fa88-952e-48b1-8143-6b7e391e6f9e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7fbe8d3183a096e771cbd1b8928ff28775ee9b4b39fa02c25240daae294c1b0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 46 (2023_24) — Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 28–32 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of sexually transmitted disease, so as to require physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 28–32 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; 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 33 9184 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 9362S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 46/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #110 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #236 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 169–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-09 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 230 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c54fa88-952e-48b1-8143-6b7e391e6f9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).