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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Hope for Georgia Patients Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 52 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to terminally ill patient's right to try investigational drugs, biological products, and devices, so as to expand access to individualized investigational treatments to patients who have severely debilitating or life-threatening illnesses; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for written informed consent; to allow certain manufacturers or eligible facilities to make available individualized investigational treatments; to provide that coverage is not mandatory; to prohibit the sanctions against a physician's license; to provide exemption to liability for certain charges; 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 72"
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citation: "Georgia SB 72 (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: ["Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Colton Moore", "Drew Echols", "Greg Dolezal", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson", "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: "2025-02-03"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0100cc5-9aae-4384-8068-0cbd4c93c3fc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3799118c6bd213f5c19e1547f06e16c3a2328009af9489d2381fea793810ecc5"
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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 72 (2025_26) — "Hope for Georgia Patients Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 52 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to terminally ill patient's right to try investigational drugs, biological products, and devices, so as to expand access to individualized investigational treatments to patients who have severely debilitating or life-threatening illnesses; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for written informed consent; to allow certain manufacturers or eligible facilities to make available individualized investigational treatments; to provide that coverage is not mandatory; to prohibit the sanctions against a physician's license; to provide exemption to liability for certain charges; 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/20252026/233601.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 52 0651** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230921.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 52 0746S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231957.pdf)
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4. **SB 72/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237927.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #318 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #86 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — 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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- **2025-02-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-12** Act 122 `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/b0100cc5-9aae-4384-8068-0cbd4c93c3fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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