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type: "Bill"
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title: "Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to require testing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the newborn screening system; 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: "SB 101"
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citation: "Georgia SB 101 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bo Hatchett", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Drew Echols", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-05"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6c450e7-bf07-44ad-887c-9b6bacea7150"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "52b99c9ab830ab918b3d814c110bbf983ebcb690635fa71cebcee66359673d4e"
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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 SB 101 (2025_26) — Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to require testing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the newborn screening system; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234363.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 60 0070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231371.pdf)
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3. **LC 60 0167S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238677.pdf)
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4. **SB 101/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239524.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #489 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #427 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #101 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-05** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 183 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/c6c450e7-bf07-44ad-887c-9b6bacea7150`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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