Bill Commons

GA SB 449

died on adjournment

Regulation of Hospitals; certain long-term care facilities to acquire and maintain sufficient emergency and standby power systems; require

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 449 pass?

No. GA SB 449 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-03): Senate Read and Referred

What is GA SB 449 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to require certain long-term care facilities to acquire and maintain sufficient emergency and standby power systems to ensure the provision of certain care and services for residents at such facilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for the Department of Community Health and the office of Safety Fire Commissioner to coordinate inspection and enforcement; to provide for a grant program; to provide priority to rural counties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 449?

Derek Mallow, Jaha Howard, Kim Jackson and 2 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 449.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to require certain long-term care facilities to acquire and maintain sufficient emergency and standby power systems to ensure the provision of certain care and services for residents at such facilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for the Department of Community Health and the office of Safety Fire Commissioner to coordinate inspection and enforcement; to provide for a grant program; to provide priority to rural counties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-02-02
Latest action
2026-02-03 — Senate Read and Referred
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Derek Mallowprimary
  • Jaha Howardprimary
  • Kim Jacksonprimary
  • RaShaun Kempprimary
  • Ed Harbisonprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-02

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-03

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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