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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, acupuncturists, and others, so as to require licensure of lactation consultants; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for an advisory committee; to provide for licensure application and qualifications; to provide for license renewal; to provide for statutory construction; 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 649"
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citation: "Georgia HB 649 (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: ["Darrel Ealum", "David Knight", "Pam Stephenson", "Sharon Cooper", "Sheila Jones", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-23"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e1f69e0-32dd-4f54-9558-1e345a77eff2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4b7f8095126fd02756db1a3ffac9e8998024fc2d45aaec417044b3bf884653e6"
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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 649 (2015_16) — "Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, acupuncturists, and others, so as to require licensure of lactation consultants; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for an advisory committee; to provide for licensure application and qualifications; to provide for license renewal; to provide for statutory construction; 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. **Committee Sub LC 33 6581S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159446.pdf)
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2. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160771.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160489.pdf)
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4. **HB 649/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161635.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 5878/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151939.pdf)
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6. **LC 33 6344S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156788.pdf)
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7. **LC 33 6344S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155741.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **129–27** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darrel Ealum — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-23** House Hopper
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- **2015-03-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-01-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 429 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/5e1f69e0-32dd-4f54-9558-1e345a77eff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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