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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health, Local Government, and Property; regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 31, 36, and 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, local government, and property, respectively, so as to provide regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; to revise procedures concerning the issuance of permits for the disinterment and reinterment of human remains; to provide definitions; to provide statutory construction; to conform cross-references; 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: "SB 146"
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citation: "Georgia SB 146 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES", "PROPERTY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Derek Mallow", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-11"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99b0c93-5f84-4b57-9e62-e2a763773e1d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8e3bbaa31e416739c911bdf381ed2796d4c1127d99c1c2a745911af78eb5fc7d"
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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 146 (2025_26) — Health, Local Government, and Property; regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 31, 36, and 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, local government, and property, respectively, so as to provide regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; to revise procedures concerning the issuance of permits for the disinterment and reinterment of human remains; to provide definitions; to provide statutory construction; to conform cross-references; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241982.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 55 0470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232053.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 56 0528S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240504.pdf)
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4. **Committee sub LC 55 0532S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233524.pdf)
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5. **SB 146/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248173.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #774 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #528 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Derek Mallow — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — 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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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-11** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 486 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/d99b0c93-5f84-4b57-9e62-e2a763773e1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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