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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterinarians; veterinarian-client-patient relationship; clarify scope"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-50-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to clarify the scope of the veterinarian-client-patient relationship; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 800"
+citation: "Georgia HB 800 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Emory Dunahoo", "John Meadows", "Mandi Ballinger", "Rick Jasperse", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-21"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4ddec66-4e70-4db0-be82-3fa9528a9e21"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f9a174e30bfbc98c41fe8045379fdd7b245edb585420e620fc4457c6bcfe9023"
+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 800 (2015_16) — Veterinarians; veterinarian-client-patient relationship; clarify scope
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-50-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to clarify the scope of the veterinarian-client-patient relationship; 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 800/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161093.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 1016/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155073.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- John Meadows — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-21** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-01-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 448 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4ddec66-4e70-4db0-be82-3fa9528a9e21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+