republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-245.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	Professions and businesses; podiatry; amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 35 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to podiatry practice, so as to amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 245	Georgia HB 245 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Houston Gaines John LaHood Mark Newton Sharon Cooper Susan Holmes	5	17	1	2021-02-02	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/23197cf8-e77e-4a42-8568-c1cf71b8ff6b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a764b35d65b6986d46759ba0bfc65e2635b0307e615b14888c0fab43d1565c35	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 245 (2021_22) — Professions and businesses; podiatry; amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 35 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to podiatry practice, so as to amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. Committee sub LC 33 8731S (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 245/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 8547/a (committee substitute) — source
4. SCSFA to HB 245 (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 1954 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 155–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Houston Gaines — primary (person)
• John LaHood — primary (person)
• Mark Newton — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Susan Holmes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-02 House Hopper
• 2021-02-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-22 House Postponed
• 2021-02-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-05 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-09 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-09 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 184 executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23197cf8-e77e-4a42-8568-c1cf71b8ff6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).