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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for the licensing and operation of emergency organ transport vehicles as ambulance services; to provide for the operation of such vehicles on public roadways; to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to exempt emergency organ transport vehicles from those vehicles required to obtain an emergency vehicle permit from the Department of Public Safety; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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 58"
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citation: "Georgia SB 58 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH", "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Drew Echols", "Frank Ginn", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still", "Timothy Bearden"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a99972c-9d51-40ea-8161-0963edb4fdf4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0d380dbabf816b42552c7d45a227b97455a813a7fe6081c267534adc8174e535"
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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 58 (2025_26) — "Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for the licensing and operation of emergency organ transport vehicles as ambulance services; to provide for the operation of such vehicles on public roadways; to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to exempt emergency organ transport vehicles from those vehicles required to obtain an emergency vehicle permit from the Department of Public Safety; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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 introduced LC 39 4531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230603.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232670.pdf)
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3. **SB 58/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237026.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #296 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #59 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — 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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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — 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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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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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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- **2025-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-09** Act 83 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/3a99972c-9d51-40ea-8161-0963edb4fdf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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