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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgia Caregivers Act; create"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to create the \"Georgia Caregivers Act\"; to provide for definitions; to require hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to identify lay caregivers; to provide that named lay caregivers are not obligated to provide aftercare; to provide that no new private right of action is created; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1304"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1304 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Katie Dempsey", "Lee Hawkins", "Mack Jackson", "Rick Jasperse", "Sharon Cooper"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-10"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56a44b77-84c3-4aeb-8766-3df878af7158"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c149dd6ca47bbb8bcd78c1b9211d80df57a5ff5495e20939548a00164b9e5b58"
+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 1304 (2021_22) — Georgia Caregivers Act; create
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to create the "Georgia Caregivers Act"; to provide for definitions; to require hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to identify lay caregivers; to provide that named lay caregivers are not obligated to provide aftercare; to provide that no new private right of action is created; to provide for statutory construction; 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 1304/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211726.pdf)
+2. **LC 54 0052/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206048.pdf)
+3. **LC 54 0060S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208569.pdf)
+4. **LC 54 0060S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207382.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-10** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-06** Act 828 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56a44b77-84c3-4aeb-8766-3df878af7158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+