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type: "Bill"
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title: "Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for certain provisions relating to Schedule I controlled substances; to provide for certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drugs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 473"
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citation: "Georgia HB 473 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2025-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f309faaa-4cb7-4f32-b2f4-33df7e3fe27d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6a348f172d8282f246364fe36135ca779b69f9c98be73e81a94019488991372f"
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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 473 (2025_26) — Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for certain provisions relating to Schedule I controlled substances; to provide for certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drugs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 473/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237756.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 1480/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232638.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #303 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #135 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** 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 `passage`
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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 45 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-01** 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/f309faaa-4cb7-4f32-b2f4-33df7e3fe27d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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