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Votes at a glance: House passes range of bills on health, education, courts and commerce
Summary
Alongside debated measures, the House approved a package of bills on patient access to experimental treatments, homeschool testing access, litigation-finance regulation, veterinary telemedicine, state indemnification payments, recyclers rules and several house bills; vote counts and key provisions listed.
The Georgia House on Thursday passed a series of bills with largely brief floor consideration. Summaries and final House votes for key bills follow.
- Senate Bill 72 ("Hope for Georgia Patients Act") — adds provisions to the state Right to Try framework for terminally ill patients to access investigational drugs and devices, with liability releases for physicians and manufacturers noted in the text. Passed the House 161–0.
- Senate Bill 63 — allows homeschooled students to take college-preparatory tests (PSAT, SAT, ACT, AP, etc.) at their locally zoned public schools; districts must publish registration information and homeschoolers pay any student fees; House passage 166–0.
- Senate Bill 69 — regulates third-party…
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