republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-800.md

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Bill	Veterinarians; veterinarian-client-patient relationship; clarify scope	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-50-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to clarify the scope of the veterinarian-client-patient relationship; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 800	Georgia HB 800 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Emory Dunahoo John Meadows Mandi Ballinger Rick Jasperse Terry England Tom McCall	2	15	1	2016-01-21	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c4ddec66-4e70-4db0-be82-3fa9528a9e21	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f9a174e30bfbc98c41fe8045379fdd7b245edb585420e620fc4457c6bcfe9023	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 800 (2015_16) — Veterinarians; veterinarian-client-patient relationship; clarify scope

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-50-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to clarify the scope of the veterinarian-client-patient relationship; 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. HB 800/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 1016/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
• John Meadows — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-21 House Hopper
• 2016-01-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-01-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 448 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4ddec66-4e70-4db0-be82-3fa9528a9e21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).