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| Bill | "Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act"; enact | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit deceptive or misleading terms or false representations by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to prohibit the misappropriation of medical or medical specialty titles by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2023_24 | SB 197 | Georgia SB 197 (2023_24) |
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4 | 18 | 3 | 2023-02-15 | 2023-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/6a9a162b-1c49-44c5-bf4e-ac9ce3b0a3f6 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 6e63212d2687a26c014c823132a26964c30b88b40d227bc016d9e2f185d56b9e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 197 (2023_24) — "Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act"; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit deceptive or misleading terms or false representations by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to prohibit the misappropriation of medical or medical specialty titles by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- As introduced LC 33 9383 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 9490S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB 197/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House Vote #279 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #290 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–1 (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #176 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-15 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2023-02-16 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2023-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-01 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2023-03-06 Senate Tabled
- 2023-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
- 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2023-03-07 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2023-03-08 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2023-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-23 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2023-03-23 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-02 Act 243
executive-signature - 2023-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a9a162b-1c49-44c5-bf4e-ac9ce3b0a3f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).