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Bill Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to revise provisions relating to restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; to revise definitions; to provide requirements for assessment mechanisms; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for violations and penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2023_24 HB 203 Georgia HB 203 (2023_24)
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Lee Hawkins
Mark Newton
Ron Stephens
Sharon Cooper
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Georgia HB 203 (2023_24) — Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to revise provisions relating to restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; to revise definitions; to provide requirements for assessment mechanisms; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for violations and penalties; 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 203/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 33 9305/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #65 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1710 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #235 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 511 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • James Beverly — primary (person)
  • Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Mark Newton — primary (person)
  • Ron Stephens — primary (person)
  • Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-01 House Hopper introduction
  • 2023-02-02 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2023-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2023-02-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2023-02-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2023-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2023-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2023-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-02 Act 233 executive-signature
  • 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d61618d-0ea9-42c0-a91a-7e8e3e95c843. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).