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type: "Bill"
title: "Health; pilot program to provide preexposure assistance to persons at risk of HIV infection; establish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of HIV, so as to establish a pilot program to provide preexposure prophylaxis drug assistance or services to persons at risk of being infected with HIV; to provide for requirements; to provide for implementation of the pilot program; to provide for a written report; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 290"
citation: "Georgia HB 290 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Gerald Greene", "Houston Gaines", "Park Cannon", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a850479-8806-4122-acb7-e7a394f3e485"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a833eaff03f4468be5fbaf1aef66dd938a991ff008f64e2a7893211d255c1f50"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 290 (2019_20) — Health; pilot program to provide preexposure assistance to persons at risk of HIV infection; establish
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of HIV, so as to establish a pilot program to provide preexposure prophylaxis drug assistance or services to persons at risk of being infected with HIV; to provide for requirements; to provide for implementation of the pilot program; to provide for a written report; 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 290/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187072.pdf)
2. **LC 33 7549/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181318.pdf)
3. **LC 46 0103S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183391.pdf)
4. **LC 46 0103S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182001.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **129–19** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Park Cannon — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-13** House Hopper
- **2019-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Act 45 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a850479-8806-4122-acb7-e7a394f3e485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).