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| Bill | Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers; exempt certain activities | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hearing aid dealers and dispensers, so as to exempt certain activities of hearing aid dealers, hearing aid dispensers, and others related to the manufacture and sale of certain nonprescription hearing aids from the applicability of said chapter; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | SB 153 | Georgia SB 153 (2017_18) |
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Georgia SB 153 (2017_18) — Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers; exempt certain activities
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hearing aid dealers and dispensers, so as to exempt certain activities of hearing aid dealers, hearing aid dispensers, and others related to the manufacture and sale of certain nonprescription hearing aids from the applicability of said chapter; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Jack Hill — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Judson Hill — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Michael Williams — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Steve Henson — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-09 Senate Hopper
- 2017-02-10 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2017-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-01 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2017-03-03 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2017-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-06 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-03-09 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-24 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2017-04-06 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-05-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-05-09 Act 244
executive-signature - 2017-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62399bbb-6e90-4608-8e49-0d0240f1718d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).