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type: "Bill"
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title: "Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to death investigations, so as to require a medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; 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: "SB 496"
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citation: "Georgia SB 496 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Bruce Thompson", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Gloria Butler", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lindsey Tippins", "Marty Harbin", "Michelle Au", "Mike Dugan", "Nan Orrock", "Randy Robertson", "Sonya Halpern"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-11"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/758f5d91-7bf5-4ab8-9d29-4faf40be4a2d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "550c405cb71109851c57005d776042f7d174b82a9ef89600b926a1f10c947241"
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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 496 (2021_22) — Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to death investigations, so as to require a medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; 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 8995** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206250.pdf)
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2. **As passed Semate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207969.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 9035S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207359.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 9082S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210310.pdf)
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5. **SB 496/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211408.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Michelle Au — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-11** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** Act 799 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/758f5d91-7bf5-4ab8-9d29-4faf40be4a2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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