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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consumer Information and Awareness Act; enact"
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description: "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 provide for certain identification by health care practitioners to patients with regard to their license; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to require that advertisements identify a health care practitioner's license; to require identifiers and signage; to provide for applicability; to provide for violations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 416"
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citation: "Georgia HB 416 (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: ["Carl Rogers", "Ed Rynders", "Matt Hatchett", "Nikki Randall", "Rusty Kidd", "Sharon Cooper"]
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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: "2015-02-19"
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last_action: "2015-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00dd030a-34f9-4102-8ca3-96e0d5badf82"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d0e55b8e85ea0f8bce50d5d8c1243db3ade2000fc6bc0a1ce091a009d0a10235"
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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 416 (2015_16) — Consumer Information and Awareness Act; enact
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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 provide for certain identification by health care practitioners to patients with regard to their license; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to require that advertisements identify a health care practitioner's license; to require identifiers and signage; to provide for applicability; to provide for violations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 416/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153846.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 5986/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148540.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6083S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151275.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6083S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149734.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **151–21** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
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- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Nikki Randall — primary (person)
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- Rusty Kidd — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-19** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** 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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- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 200 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** 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/00dd030a-34f9-4102-8ca3-96e0d5badf82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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