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Bill Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to repeal certain provisions requiring COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 645 Georgia HB 645 (2025_26)
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John LaHood
Kasey Carpenter
Noel Williams, Jr.
Sharon Cooper
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Georgia HB 645 (2025_26) — Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to repeal certain provisions requiring COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HB 645/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 46 1108/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 52 0079 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #406 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 522 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #259 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 12349 (pass) · lower
  • House Vote #441 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1660 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #405 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 503 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • John Corbett — primary (person)
  • John LaHood — primary (person)
  • Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
  • Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2025-02-26 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-03-06 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
  • 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-14 Act 275 executive-signature
  • 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23bc6bed-3e67-47be-9439-5f04cbc13950. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).