republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-663.md

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Bill	No Patient Left Alone Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to establish certain rights of minors and adults admitted to hospitals; to provide for definitions; to authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to limit or restrict visitation in certain circumstances; to authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to require visitors to wear personal protective equipment; to provide for statutory construction; to provide that certain rights may not be waived or terminated; to require hospitals and long-term care facilities to post certain information on their websites; to prohibit certain actions by state agencies against hospitals and long-term care facilities; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 663	Georgia HB 663 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Clay Pirkle Darlene Taylor Matt Hatchett Mitchell Horner Todd Jones Vance Smith	5	18	3	2023-03-02	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/cda9b5ff-d35d-4f1e-ac7a-54d65419275c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	54922ca3d20e0dd01a352c298df8f39678404124668221ed8a375c35b07c361c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 663 (2023_24) — No Patient Left Alone Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to establish certain rights of minors and adults admitted to hospitals; to provide for definitions; to authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to limit or restrict visitation in certain circumstances; to authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to require visitors to wear personal protective equipment; to provide for statutory construction; to provide that certain rights may not be waived or terminated; to require hospitals and long-term care facilities to post certain information on their websites; to prohibit certain actions by state agencies against hospitals and long-term care facilities; to provide for a short title; 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 663/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 9473/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 9688S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 9688S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 0549S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #620 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #748 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #799 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Mitchell Horner — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)
• Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-02 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-21 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 573 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cda9b5ff-d35d-4f1e-ac7a-54d65419275c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).