republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-473.md

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Bill	Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for certain provisions relating to Schedule I controlled substances; to provide for certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drugs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 473	Georgia HB 473 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)	enacted	Lee Hawkins Mark Newton Ron Stephens	2	15	2	2025-02-18	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f309faaa-4cb7-4f32-b2f4-33df7e3fe27d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6a348f172d8282f246364fe36135ca779b69f9c98be73e81a94019488991372f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 473 (2025_26) — Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for certain provisions relating to Schedule I controlled substances; to provide for certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drugs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. HB 473/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1480/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #303 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #135 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Mark Newton — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-18 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-19 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-03 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Act 45 executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f309faaa-4cb7-4f32-b2f4-33df7e3fe27d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).