republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-321.md

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Bill	Physicians, Assistants; relating to the number a physician can authorize and supervise at any one time; provisions; revise	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to revise provisions relating to the number of physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses a physician can authorize and supervise at any one time; to remove a limitation on where a physician assistant is authorized to practice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 321	Georgia SB 321 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Chuck Hufstetler Gloria Butler Kay Kirkpatrick Renee Unterman	5	17	1	2020-01-28	2021-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/6abf59e1-3f15-4fb8-8c07-b3955add6429	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e51ca6e9361594cb4e5876bd28bf0c087ca10dc1e05a997792e94abcb13da3cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 321 (2019_20) — Physicians, Assistants; relating to the number a physician can authorize and supervise at any one time; provisions; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to revise provisions relating to the number of physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses a physician can authorize and supervise at any one time; to remove a limitation on where a physician assistant is authorized to practice; 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 8154 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 8340S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 8418S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB321/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 50–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-28 Senate Hopper
• 2020-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-03-10 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-03-10 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 House Postponed
• 2020-06-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-04 Act 563 executive-signature
• 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6abf59e1-3f15-4fb8-8c07-b3955add6429. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).