Temporary Medical Consent Guardianship; Physician Order for Life-sustaining Treatment; change certain signatures
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 29-4-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions, requirements, and termination of temporary medical consent guardianship, so as to change certain signatures on a Physician Order for Life-sustaining Treatment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2013
Committee Review
Mar 2013
Senate Passage
Mar 2013
House Passage
Mar 2013
Signed into Law
May 2013
Introduced Feb 12, 2013
Signed May 6, 2013
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2013
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 37
Mar 7, 2013
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 6, 2013
Signed into law
Act 218
upper
May 6, 2013
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 28, 2013
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 22, 2013
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 14, 2013
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 7, 2013
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 26, 2013
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 13, 2013
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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