---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence; disclosure of a person's HIV status to certain health care providers"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 24-12-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure of AIDS confidential information, so as to provide for disclosure of a person's HIV status to certain health care providers; 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: "SB 342"
citation: "Georgia SB 342 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Don Balfour", "Renee Unterman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99d993bc-6e33-44d7-b88b-60b8359a2cf0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8579895ca0012f3e793db3ef00cfcbc8a5dc5df5c220c4bd50804b1e19e349f1"
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 SB 342 (2013_14) — Evidence; disclosure of a person's HIV status to certain health care providers

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 24-12-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure of AIDS confidential information, so as to provide for disclosure of a person's HIV status to certain health care providers; 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. **As introduced LC 33 5374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138735.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140364.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5601S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141750.pdf)
4. **SB 342/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145038.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Don Balfour — primary (person)
- Renee Unterman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-03** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-02-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-10** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Act 640 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99d993bc-6e33-44d7-b88b-60b8359a2cf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).