---
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).