republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-235.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Optometrists; revise definition of optometry; remove certain exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 30 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to optometrists, so as to revise the definition of optometry; to remove the exemption for continuing education requirements for persons practicing optometry who are 65 years of age or older; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 235	Georgia HB 235 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Earl Ehrhart John Meadows	5	16	1	2013-02-06	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1ecc3777-4a78-4951-9656-060f122a5405	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	90c56622f1968a46121ef62d1de28e848f9cdf2b74f1f44d40d2d9fa238e5af9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 235 (2013_14) — Optometrists; revise definition of optometry; remove certain exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 30 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to optometrists, so as to revise the definition of optometry; to remove the exemption for continuing education requirements for persons practicing optometry who are 65 years of age or older; 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 235/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 4979/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 5040S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 5040S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 37 1615S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
• John Meadows — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-06 House Hopper
• 2013-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 198 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ecc3777-4a78-4951-9656-060f122a5405. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).