republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-449.md

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Bill	Certified Nursing Aid; certain military medical personnel from an examination requirement; exempt	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-12.8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certification as nursing aid and employer sponsored training and competency examination program,to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to personnel regarding emergency medical services; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to licensed practical nurses; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 449	Georgia SB 449 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Carden Summers Chuck Payne Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Gail Davenport Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Josh McLaurin Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Matt Brass Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Nan Orrock Randy Robertson Shawn Still Steve Gooch Tonya Anderson	6	17	3	2024-02-01	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a5900144-0fcd-4062-b020-d2a699481faa	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	485df368b2369ce0f395678140fa637c82c31b7d1db9e1be0152be9e804c7917	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 449 (2023_24) — Certified Nursing Aid; certain military medical personnel from an examination requirement; exempt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-12.8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certification as nursing aid and employer sponsored training and competency examination program,to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to personnel regarding emergency medical services; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to licensed practical nurses; to provide for a definition; 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 46 0772 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 46 0784S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 36 5861S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 449/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #518 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #864 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #769 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Postponed
• 2024-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Act 486 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5900144-0fcd-4062-b020-d2a699481faa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).