republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-495.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 495	Georgia SB 495 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Jason Esteves Larry Walker, III Matt Brass Sam Watson	5	18	3	2024-02-13	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/661198a2-da48-41fc-8b15-6ff6e2331dce	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	439eb5357a8ee559f204ba85722586e79fd4751072e21b3df91f917f766b4298	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 52 0509S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 5851S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 495/AP* (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/661198a2-da48-41fc-8b15-6ff6e2331dce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).