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type: "Bill"
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title: "Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death; revise the period"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to revise the period for which an individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death to be considered an unattended death; 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 348"
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citation: "Georgia SB 348 (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", "Derek Mallow", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Mike Hodges", "Rick Williams", "Shelly Echols"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c9a658c-3066-4f2c-8dde-c2b32bcd9087"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0bb52b0edee673cf70d730e5f33a6671ae1b32982fad3dc2e9b4e1c88bce9ca5"
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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 348 (2023_24) — Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death; revise the period
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to revise the period for which an individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death to be considered an unattended death; 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. **Amend 1 AM 33 2048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222371.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222471.pdf)
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3. **As introduced LC 33 9582** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221034.pdf)
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4. **SB 348/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227005.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #446 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #682 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Derek Mallow — 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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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-30** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2024-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-23** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** Act 477 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/4c9a658c-3066-4f2c-8dde-c2b32bcd9087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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