Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to remove the requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action Mar 31, 2026
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LC 46 1386S/hs
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LC 46 1386S/hcs
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted to reflect its status as a committee substitute, removing the original committee offer language and adding the names of the sponsoring representatives. The substantive policy content regarding student health and automated external defibrillator requirements remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Removed the header stating the Health Committee offered a substitute and replaced it with a standard committee substitute header listing the specific representatives (Hawkins, Cooper, Newton, Greene, and Mathiak) who sponsored the bill.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2026 · House Feb 6, 2026
How they voted
35–8
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 47
Mar 31, 2026
D
Democratic18
61% Yea
R
Republican29
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 31, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-8-4)
senate
Mar 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gerald Greene
RRepublican
P
Karen Mathiak
RRepublican
P
Lee Hawkins
RRepublican
P
Mark Newton
RRepublican
P
Sharon Cooper
RRepublican
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