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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form; require department to provide certain notification prior to modification"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health, so as to require the department to provide certain notification prior to modification of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form; 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: "SB 305"
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citation: "Georgia SB 305 (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: ["Renee Unterman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-28"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baa83e1f-c109-453c-8e9f-f377205d4669"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "848a3042ba7d58b2d3e962743e6cc19e9d1e8aa850857d7f57bb60edea6e5ff4"
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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 SB 305 (2015_16) — Health; Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form; require department to provide certain notification prior to modification
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health, so as to require the department to provide certain notification prior to modification of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form; 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. **As introduced LC 37 2086** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155904.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157777.pdf)
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3. **SB 305/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161044.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 570 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/baa83e1f-c109-453c-8e9f-f377205d4669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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