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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical practice; ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and improve patient outcomes in an ethical manner that does not involve stem cells derived from aborted fetuses"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and improve patient outcomes in an ethical manner that does not involve stem cells derived from aborted fetuses; to provide for definitions; to provide for the designation of a physician assistant or nurse practitioner; to provide for certain requirements and patient protections; to provide for notice; to provide for consent; to provide for certain exceptions; to provide for the use of Georgia facilities; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1275"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1275 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Michelle Au", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-02-11"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56664a7c-6791-4835-a61a-34cdc1a9e01e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8e3952b728140390b7c660111ed3248fef4d60539cc5649fec78f57e41306957"
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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 1275 (2025_26) — Medical practice; ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and improve patient outcomes in an ethical manner that does not involve stem cells derived from aborted fetuses
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and improve patient outcomes in an ethical manner that does not involve stem cells derived from aborted fetuses; to provide for definitions; to provide for the designation of a physician assistant or nurse practitioner; to provide for certain requirements and patient protections; to provide for notice; to provide for consent; to provide for certain exceptions; to provide for the use of Georgia facilities; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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 1275/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248639.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 1420/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242330.pdf)
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3. **LC 46 1475S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243635.pdf)
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4. **LC 46 1482S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245018.pdf)
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5. **LC 46 1482S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244310.pdf)
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6. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 1107S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247270.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #609 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #815 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #865 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Michelle Au — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-11** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 453 `executive-signature`
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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/56664a7c-6791-4835-a61a-34cdc1a9e01e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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