republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-105.md

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Bill	Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teletriage under certain circumstances; to authorize licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine under certain circumstances; to provide for the regulation of the practice of veterinary telemedicine, veterinary teletriage, and veterinary teleadvice by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 105	Georgia SB 105 (2025_26)	bill	PROPERTY	enacted	Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Drew Echols Jason Anavitarte Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Russ Goodman Sam Watson Steve Gooch	4	16	3	2025-02-05	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9fa6bba8-7014-4e7f-8d53-0c2fd3ac824e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3c73e0406b1715fed0d8aae38a965ec40d89e7e653c2392bd9847977df5f174f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 105 (2025_26) — Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teletriage under certain circumstances; to authorize licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine under certain circumstances; to provide for the regulation of the practice of veterinary telemedicine, veterinary teletriage, and veterinary teleadvice by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine; to revise and provide for definitions; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 60 0047 (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 57 0273S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 105/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #324 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #476 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #162 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 190 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9fa6bba8-7014-4e7f-8d53-0c2fd3ac824e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).