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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Health; provisions; modernize, clarify, and update; certain councils and committees; eliminate"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to modernize, clarify, and update provisions relating to public health; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to revise a provision regarding the requirement of defendants to submit to HIV tests for AIDS transmitting crimes; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to license and ceremony for marriage generally; to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to revise provisions regarding the Office of Women's Health; to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to update terminology relating to sexually transmitted diseases; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 372"
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citation: "Georgia SB 372 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Blake Tillery", "Butch Miller", "Dean Burke", "Kay Kirkpatrick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-05"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28dd15b6-171d-4d56-b238-f05a9f7c8a14"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "de56da90ce7c39ffda4ed8074d04a41ec763d4139b7e6a959dd88f50a578e231"
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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 372 (2019_20) — Public Health; provisions; modernize, clarify, and update; certain councils and committees; eliminate
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to modernize, clarify, and update provisions relating to public health; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to revise a provision regarding the requirement of defendants to submit to HIV tests for AIDS transmitting crimes; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to license and ceremony for marriage generally; to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to revise provisions regarding the Office of Women's Health; to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to update terminology relating to sexually transmitted diseases; 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 33 8201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189589.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192099.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 8288S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191242.pdf)
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4. **SB372/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194080.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-05** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Act 388 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-01** 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/28dd15b6-171d-4d56-b238-f05a9f7c8a14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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