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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to codify the right to in vitro fertilization for individuals; to provide for a definition; 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 428"
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citation: "Georgia HB 428 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Jan Jones", "Lehman Franklin", "Sandy Donatucci", "Scott Hilton", "Soo Hong"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a207b42-0229-4cce-a0de-6cae9c95ecab"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3b5be04d4f11c2a3b6206ec3f02c8ce05faa41db7a48bed812c477e86028ca28"
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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 428 (2025_26) — Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to codify the right to in vitro fertilization for individuals; to provide for a definition; 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 428/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238052.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 1090/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232306.pdf)
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3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 33 9818S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236680.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #293 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #102 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #333 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
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- Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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- Soo Hong — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-01** Act 41 `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/1a207b42-0229-4cce-a0de-6cae9c95ecab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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