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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia; administrative medicine licenses; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia,\" so as to provide for administrative medicine licenses; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements; to provide for board rules; to provide for educational certificates for out-of-state physicians to participate in educational training in this state that requires patient care; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 317"
+citation: "Georgia HB 317 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Sims", "Ben Watson", "Ed Rynders", "Sharon Cooper", "Sheila Jones"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-12"
+last_action: "2013-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72111678-fcee-4f93-8cd4-80fc19cbf363"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3eb83f4e4b8b7dc50a29fd6f5470ee4f6681ba782359029e5a5a40d435a5c287"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 317 (2013_14) — Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia; administrative medicine licenses; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia," so as to provide for administrative medicine licenses; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements; to provide for board rules; to provide for educational certificates for out-of-state physicians to participate in educational training in this state that requires patient care; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 317/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135384.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 4980/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130639.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Sims — primary (person)
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-12** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Act 267 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72111678-fcee-4f93-8cd4-80fc19cbf363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+