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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cove's Law; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, so as to add Krabbe disease to the list of metabolic and genetic conditions for which newborn screening may be conducted pursuant to the Department of Public Health; to provide for the screening at the option of the parent or parents; to provide for payment of fees directly to the laboratory; to provide for a short title; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 241"
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citation: "Georgia HB 241 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Jan Jones", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-02"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eecec646-f770-4b87-930f-f8d80b79651b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a51794a3554e9c6b2e44a6d0411aa1cde1504f5abacbbeba157c97a6a4643d59"
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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 241 (2017_18) — Cove's Law; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, so as to add Krabbe disease to the list of metabolic and genetic conditions for which newborn screening may be conducted pursuant to the Department of Public Health; to provide for the screening at the option of the parent or parents; to provide for payment of fees directly to the laboratory; to provide for a short title; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-02** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 190 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/eecec646-f770-4b87-930f-f8d80b79651b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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