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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Professions and businesses; podiatry; amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 35 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to podiatry practice, so as to amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 245"
+citation: "Georgia HB 245 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "John LaHood", "Mark Newton", "Sharon Cooper", "Susan Holmes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-02"
+last_action: "2021-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23197cf8-e77e-4a42-8568-c1cf71b8ff6b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a764b35d65b6986d46759ba0bfc65e2635b0307e615b14888c0fab43d1565c35"
+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 245 (2021_22) — Professions and businesses; podiatry; amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 35 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to podiatry practice, so as to amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **Committee sub LC 33 8731S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199353.pdf)
+2. **HB 245/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202449.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 8547/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196536.pdf)
+4. **SCSFA to HB 245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200138.pdf)
+5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 1954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200115.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **155–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- John LaHood — primary (person)
+- Mark Newton — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Susan Holmes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-22** House Postponed
+- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 184 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23197cf8-e77e-4a42-8568-c1cf71b8ff6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+