republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-220.md

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Bill	"Putting Georgia's Patients First Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to rename low THC oil as medical cannabis; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16, Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, and Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against the public health and morals, regulation of controlled substances, and general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, respectively, so as to clarify and revise criminal penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 220	Georgia SB 220 (2025_26)	bill	AGRICULTURE CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE) HEALTH	enacted	Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Colton Moore David Lucas Elena Parent Emanuel Jones Freddie Powell Sims Harold Jones II Josh McLaurin Kim Jackson Lee Anderson Matt Brass Mike Hodges Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sheikh Rahman	14	19	9	2025-02-19	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a3a0c7ab-f521-43c4-a80d-7a1a9b18f2c7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9964ca0c5c87a501d997ebaefa5e5ebcf4695860bfef77640a04547ea05f34ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 220 (2025_26) — "Putting Georgia's Patients First Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to rename low THC oil as medical cannabis; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16, Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, and Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against the public health and morals, regulation of controlled substances, and general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, respectively, so as to clarify and revise criminal penalties; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 33 9778 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 33 9799S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor Amend 2 AM 33 2091 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor Amend 3 AM 33 2094 (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor Amend 4 AM 55 0096 (committee substitute) — source
8. LC 33 9865S/hss (committee substitute) — source
9. SB 220/AP* (committee substitute) — source
10. SFA to SB 220 (committee substitute) — source
11. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 33 2116 (committee substitute) — source
12. Sen Floor Amend 1A AM 33 2117 (committee substitute) — source
13. Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 33 2118 (committee substitute) — source
14. Sen Floor Amend 2A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #174 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 13–43 (fail) · upper
• House Vote #702 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 138–21 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #173 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–8 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #172 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 12–44 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #741 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 36–15 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #742 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 38–14 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #743 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 144–21 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #176 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 39–17 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #175 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 12–43 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-18 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-03-23 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 712 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3a0c7ab-f521-43c4-a80d-7a1a9b18f2c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).