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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional corporations; practice of medicine and surgery and optometry shall be considered the practice of only one profession; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 14-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional services provided by professional corporations, so as to provide that the practice of medicine and surgery and optometry shall be considered the practice of only one profession for purposes of professional corporations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 316"
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citation: "Georgia HB 316 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Earl Ehrhart", "John Meadows", "Richard Smith"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-11"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22801098-287f-4778-8e1c-5ec604145d95"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "dcc30770fcbc8045e502710bc0b54ae2a8aafa264a543fac8806f266ef8eefb0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 316 (2015_16) — Professional corporations; practice of medicine and surgery and optometry shall be considered the practice of only one profession; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 14-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional services provided by professional corporations, so as to provide that the practice of medicine and surgery and optometry shall be considered the practice of only one profession for purposes of professional corporations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 316/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153837.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 5922/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147531.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6040S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149627.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6040S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149253.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **157–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
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- John Meadows — primary (person)
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- Richard Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-11** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 194 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22801098-287f-4778-8e1c-5ec604145d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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