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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals; the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities; prohibit certain surgical procedures"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors from being performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities; to provide for exceptions; to provide for violations; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Composite Medical Board, so as to prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors; to provide for exceptions; to provide for violations; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "SB 140"
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citation: "Georgia SB 140 (2023_24)"
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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", "Brandon Beach", "Brian Strickland", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Colton Moore", "Ed Setzler", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Matt Brass", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4df202f6-aa11-41a2-b6c8-b7c1d09b3c48"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "10d522a7e51954d17452014fc637176b9b10709b73b84445f065ae8817dc280d"
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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 140 (2023_24) — Hospitals; the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities; prohibit certain surgical procedures
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors from being performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities; to provide for exceptions; to provide for violations; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Composite Medical Board, so as to prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors; to provide for exceptions; to provide for violations; 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. **As introduced LC 33 9348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214237.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217237.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 9412S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215749.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218937.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 9497S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218020.pdf)
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6. **SB 140/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218904.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #192 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–22** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #257 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **31–20** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #259 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **31–21** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #191 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–23** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #244 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **97–74** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #243 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **96–75** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #258 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **21–30** (fail) · 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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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-16** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-03-22** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-23** Act 4 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/4df202f6-aa11-41a2-b6c8-b7c1d09b3c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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