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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia HIV/Syphilis Pregnancy Screening Act of 2015; enact"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 436"
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citation: "Georgia HB 436 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Sims", "Lee Hawkins", "Margaret Kaiser", "Nikki Randall", "Sharon Cooper", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-20"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78e9c9cc-4dd4-406e-a221-b5c8ed60ba8f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d591a28e025d27bbd74c5ca534d649a2a2800cadaea87cb0f900054417a384bb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 436 (2015_16) — Georgia HIV/Syphilis Pregnancy Screening Act of 2015; enact
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 436/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153801.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 5848/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148819.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6087S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151190.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6087S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149733.pdf)
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5. **SCSFA to HB 436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153560.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6147S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152294.pdf)
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7. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 29 2457** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153272.pdf)
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8. **Sen fl amend 2 AM 33 1561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153516.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara Sims — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Nikki Randall — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-20** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 218 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78e9c9cc-4dd4-406e-a221-b5c8ed60ba8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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