---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing homes; violation of certain regulations shall not constitute negligence per se; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-3.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the notice of cited deficiencies and imposition of sanctions for nursing homes or intermediate care homes, so as to provide that a violation of certain regulations shall not constitute negligence per se; to provide for limitations on advertisements that use or reference the results of federal or state surveys or inspections of nursing homes; 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 342"
citation: "Georgia HB 342 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Matt Ramsey", "Ronnie Mabra", "Tommy Benton", "Trey Kelley", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840585fa-0431-4c95-9af1-a7aa224f0cfb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "09c2e67100b6ca2df0af2255d263dfc6db7ab1fee708c0fb0946d204bd45707d"
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 342 (2015_16) — Nursing homes; violation of certain regulations shall not constitute negligence per se; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-3.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the notice of cited deficiencies and imposition of sanctions for nursing homes or intermediate care homes, so as to provide that a violation of certain regulations shall not constitute negligence per se; to provide for limitations on advertisements that use or reference the results of federal or state surveys or inspections of nursing homes; 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 342/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153559.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6545S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151100.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6545S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150471.pdf)
4. **LC 33 5925/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147883.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152827.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2012S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152298.pdf)
7. **Sen floor am 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152777.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **173–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-12** House Hopper
- **2015-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 203 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/840585fa-0431-4c95-9af1-a7aa224f0cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).