# Georgia SB 58: "Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact

Georgia SB 58, "Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John Albers (Republican), Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Lee Anderson (Republican) and 17 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 58
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: "Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: John Albers (Republican), Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Lee Anderson (Republican), Timothy Bearden (Republican), Max Burns (Republican), Bill Cowsert (Republican), Drew Echols (Republican), Frank Ginn (Republican), Russ Goodman (Republican), Marty Harbin (Republican), Billy Hickman (Republican), Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), John F. Kennedy (Republican), Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Chuck Payne (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican), Carden Summers (Republican), Ben Watson (Republican), Sam Watson (Republican), Rick Williams (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Health, Health and Human Services, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (214 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Emergency driving rights for organ transport: benefit, low. Georgia counts transport of needed staff, organs, tissue, or medical supplies for time-critical transplants as ambulance service. Qualifying organ transport vehicles have ambulance emergency-driving rights during these trips on public streets, highways, and private access roads. Vehicles operating…
- Licensing rules for organ transport operators: cost, low. Organ transport operators must follow Georgia's ambulance-service licensing, insurance, and vehicle standards. License applications must include a photo or description of each organ transport vehicle and air ambulance, plus operating locations. Required details include colors, markings, names, make…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Albers (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Lee Anderson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Timothy Bearden (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Max Burns (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Bill Cowsert (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Drew Echols (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Frank Ginn (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Russ Goodman (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Marty Harbin (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Billy Hickman (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: John F. Kennedy (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Chuck Payne (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Shawn Still (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Carden Summers (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ben Watson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Sam Watson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Rick Williams (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rick Townsend (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-21 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 161 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 53 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-09: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-09: Act 83
- 2025-04-07: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-21: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-11: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-02-20: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-19: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-18: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 58/AP* (v5): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237026)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [SB 58/AP* (v5) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237026)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB58-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).