republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-436.md

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Bill	Georgia HIV/Syphilis Pregnancy Screening Act of 2015; enact	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 venereal disease, so as to require that physicians and health care providers offer HIV and syphilis testing of pregnant women in their third trimester of pregnancy; to provide for refusal of testing by a pregnant woman; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 436	Georgia HB 436 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barbara Sims Lee Hawkins Margaret Kaiser Nikki Randall Sharon Cooper Valerie Clark	8	20	1	2015-02-20	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/78e9c9cc-4dd4-406e-a221-b5c8ed60ba8f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d591a28e025d27bbd74c5ca534d649a2a2800cadaea87cb0f900054417a384bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 436 (2015_16) — Georgia HIV/Syphilis Pregnancy Screening Act of 2015; enact

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 venereal disease, so as to require that physicians and health care providers offer HIV and syphilis testing of pregnant women in their third trimester of pregnancy; to provide for refusal of testing by a pregnant woman; 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 436/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 5848/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6087S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6087S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 436 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 33 6147S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen fl amend 1 AM 29 2457 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen fl amend 2 AM 33 1561 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Sims — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
• Nikki Randall — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Valerie Clark — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-20 House Hopper
• 2015-02-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2015-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2015-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2015-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 218 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78e9c9cc-4dd4-406e-a221-b5c8ed60ba8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).