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+type: "Bill"
+title: "No Patient Left Alone Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to establish certain rights of minors and adults admitted to hospitals; to provide for definitions; to authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to limit or restrict visitation in certain circumstances; to authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to require visitors to wear personal protective equipment; to provide for statutory construction; to provide that certain rights may not be waived or terminated; to require hospitals and long-term care facilities to post certain information on their websites; to prohibit certain actions by state agencies against hospitals and long-term care facilities; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 663"
+citation: "Georgia HB 663 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "Darlene Taylor", "Matt Hatchett", "Mitchell Horner", "Todd Jones", "Vance Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-02"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cda9b5ff-d35d-4f1e-ac7a-54d65419275c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "54922ca3d20e0dd01a352c298df8f39678404124668221ed8a375c35b07c361c"
+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 663 (2023_24) — No Patient Left Alone Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to establish certain rights of minors and adults admitted to hospitals; to provide for definitions; to authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to limit or restrict visitation in certain circumstances; to authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to require visitors to wear personal protective equipment; to provide for statutory construction; to provide that certain rights may not be waived or terminated; to require hospitals and long-term care facilities to post certain information on their websites; to prohibit certain actions by state agencies against hospitals and long-term care facilities; to provide for a short title; 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 663/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229086.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 9473/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216779.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 9688S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226194.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 9688S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225927.pdf)
+5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 0549S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227349.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #620 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #748 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #799 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Mitchell Horner — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+- Vance Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-02** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Tabled
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 573 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cda9b5ff-d35d-4f1e-ac7a-54d65419275c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+