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82 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gracie's Law; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to prohibit providers from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to the physical or mental disability of the potential recipient; to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance generally, so as to prohibit health insurers from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to the physical or mental disability of the potential recipient; to provide for definitions; to provide for health benefit plans and collective bargaining; to provide for applicability; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 128"
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citation: "Georgia HB 128 (2021_22)"
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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", "Danny Mathis", "Lauren McDonald", "Mack Jackson", "Philip Singleton", "Rick Williams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-26"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/204a98d2-9d31-47e0-a7fb-e8d18bd7603a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "18948e89829bac8551258f135279bdeea074c5a0b0fdb21536f2ad7aa65dc491"
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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 128 (2021_22) — Gracie's Law; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to prohibit providers from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to the physical or mental disability of the potential recipient; to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance generally, so as to prohibit health insurers from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to the physical or mental disability of the potential recipient; to provide for definitions; to provide for health benefit plans and collective bargaining; to provide for applicability; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; 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 128/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202466.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 0360/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195966.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201720.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
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- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
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- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-26** House Hopper
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- **2021-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 244 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/204a98d2-9d31-47e0-a7fb-e8d18bd7603a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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