Putting Georgia's Patients First Act; enact
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to rename low THC oil as medical cannabis; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16, Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, and Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against the public health and morals, regulation of controlled substances, and general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, respectively, so as to clarify and revise criminal penalties; to clarify and revise exemptions to criminal penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2025
Last action Feb 28, 2025
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The bill text was updated to reflect a committee substitute version, incorporating the names of sponsoring representatives and standardizing the formatting of the title page and section headers. These changes are primarily administrative and technical, ensuring the document accurately represents the committee's final version for legislative review.
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The committee header was changed from a generic statement to a specific 'Committee Substitute' title listing the sponsoring representatives (Dickey, Reeves, Prince, Hagan, Rhodes, and others).
Page headers and section dividers were adjusted to align with standard legislative formatting for the substitute version, including minor spacing and indentation corrections.
Floor votes · House Feb 27, 2025
How they voted
146–1
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 159
Feb 27, 2025
D
Democratic67
88% Yea
R
Republican92
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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