Key Votes
SB 148 - Umbilical Cord Blood and Stem Cell Banks - Key Vote
Georgia Key Votes
Stages
- May 24, 2007 Executive Signed
- April 20, 2007 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 20, 2007 House Bill Passed
- March 27, 2007 House Bill Sent To Committee
- March 20, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 13, 2007 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 24, 2007
Title: Umbilical Cord Blood and Stem Cell Banks
Signed by Governor Sonny Perdue
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (48-0) - April 20, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (158-0) - April 20, 2007
Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (House) - March 27, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (39-15) - March 20, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Umbilical Cord Blood and Stem Cell Banks
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill creating the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank for stem cell research purposes.
Highlights:
-Requires informed consent of mothers donating tissue to the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank (NUCBB) (Sec. 3).
-Requires institutions participating in the bank to be subject to an institutional review board to ensure compliance with federal guidelines (Sec. 3).
-Establishes the Georgia Commission for Saving the Cure (GCSC) to oversee the NUCBB (Sec. 3).
-Directs the state revenue commissioner to provide on the Georgia income tax form space to allow donations to GCSC (Sec. 4).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 13, 2007
Title: Umbilical Cord Blood and Stem Cell Banks
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Amos Amerson (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Don Balfour (GA - R)
- John D. Bulloch Jr. (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph Carter (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ronnie Chance (GA - R)
- Jeff Chapman (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John F. Douglas (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Greg Goggans (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- William 'Bill' Hamrick III (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Seth Harp (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lee Hawkins (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Heath (GA - R)
- Jack Hill (GA - R)
- Judson Hill (GA - R)
- Ralph T. Hudgens (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eric B. Johnson (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dan Moody (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeff E. Mullis (GA - R)
- Jack Murphy (GA - R)
- Chip Pearson (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chip Rogers (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Schaefer (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mitchell W. 'Mitch' Seabaugh (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Cecil Staton (GA - R)
- Don R. Thomas (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thorborn 'Ross' Tolleson Jr. (GA - R)
- Dan Weber (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John J. Wiles (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tommie Williams (GA - R)
