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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; pronouncement of death by registered professional nurses; nursing homes and hospice care; authorize; county medical examiner's duties after notice of suspicious death; make a conforming change"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to authorize the pronouncement of death by registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants of patients in nursing homes even if they are organ donors; to provide for the pronouncement of death by registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants of patients in hospice care even if they are organ donors; to amend Code Section 45-16-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coroner's or county medical examiner's duties after notice of suspicious or unusual death, so as to make a conforming change; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 96"
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citation: "Georgia SB 96 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Fran Millar", "Greg Kirk", "Lawrence Walker III", "Renee Unterman", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-30"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/843763e9-fa23-47a8-b986-7dd57552473c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "93a031a73eb04fee4acab1039b013ba5161dc7e9ef3105813171bb9f3f8e5293"
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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 96 (2017_18) — Health; pronouncement of death by registered professional nurses; nursing homes and hospice care; authorize; county medical examiner's duties after notice of suspicious death; make a conforming change
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to authorize the pronouncement of death by registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants of patients in nursing homes even if they are organ donors; to provide for the pronouncement of death by registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants of patients in hospice care even if they are organ donors; to amend Code Section 45-16-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coroner's or county medical examiner's duties after notice of suspicious or unusual death, so as to make a conforming change; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-30** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Act 236 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/843763e9-fa23-47a8-b986-7dd57552473c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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