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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to require employers of school employees to provide leaves of absence for the donation of bone marrow and organs; to provide for standards and conditions for granting such leaves of absence; to provide for a penalty for noncompliance; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 235"
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citation: "Georgia HB 235 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Lynn Heffner", "Mark Newton", "Mitchell Horner", "Rick Townsend", "Todd Jones"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc559390-43d9-453f-ace8-59ab6fbb1b4b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "882cf95848c7de454dada44fbc272e56e66a4af112164230d3d6fa34ca0e4554"
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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 235 (2025_26) — Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to require employers of school employees to provide leaves of absence for the donation of bone marrow and organs; to provide for standards and conditions for granting such leaves of absence; to provide for a penalty for noncompliance; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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 235/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239290.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4535/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231140.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 2305S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235227.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2305S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234558.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #168 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #459 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Lynn Heffner — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Horner — primary (person)
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- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-28** Act 14 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/fc559390-43d9-453f-ace8-59ab6fbb1b4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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