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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Mason Sells AED Coordination Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to personnel of emergency medical services, so as to provide for notification to public safety answering points about the location of automated external defibrillators; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for training; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for training of communications officers to facilitate the use of automated external defibrillators; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 399"
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citation: "Georgia SB 399 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jason T. Dickerson", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26254a73-9059-4fa5-a28b-b013ed32bfb3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "82f8a9aaee99c6831dd7a5b7f950201582d355fac11b74fef34c457342020374"
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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 399 (2025_26) — "Mason Sells AED Coordination Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to personnel of emergency medical services, so as to provide for notification to public safety answering points about the location of automated external defibrillators; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for training; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for training of communications officers to facilitate the use of automated external defibrillators; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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/20252026/244375.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 63 0009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239816.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 46 1465S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243226.pdf)
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4. **SB 399/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246537.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #717 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #591 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — 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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- **2026-01-14** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-18** 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 507 `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/26254a73-9059-4fa5-a28b-b013ed32bfb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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