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type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-3-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other laws unaffected by the \"Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Act,\" so as to authorize the use of testing equipment to determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Georgia SB 6 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "DRUGS", "AND COSMETICS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brian Strickland", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Sally Harrell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e97ac8ce-cb4c-471e-a065-581894a114ec"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1fcabbc6a8e1f5d2c71039a033b84088d3e5cb24ea0378d627f00939cf319c5a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 6 (2025_26) — Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-3-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other laws unaffected by the "Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Act," so as to authorize the use of testing equipment to determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231753.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 57 0170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229854.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 52 0718S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231090.pdf)
4. **SB 6/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236510.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #31 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #283 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-14** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Act 126 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e97ac8ce-cb4c-471e-a065-581894a114ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).