Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits human microchip implantation without consent.

Highlights:

-Defines a microchip as "any microdevice, sensor, transmitter, mechanism, electronically readable marking, or nanotechnology that is passively or actively capable of transmitting or receiving information" excluding pacemakers (Sec. 2). -Prohibits consent obtained on the pretenses of physical violence, threat, intimidation, retaliation, a condition of employment or public benefit or anything that would cause a person to reluctantly agree to implantation when they otherwise would not (Sec. 2). -Establishes that the illegal implantation of a microchip is a misdemeanor (Sec. 2). -Establishes that any person who has been implanted with a microchip without giving consent can file a civil action for the damages (Sec. 2). -Requires that voluntary microchip implementation be performed by a physician and regulated by the Georgia Composite Medical Board (Sec. 2). -This act will become effective July 1, 2010 (Sec. 3).

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