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type: "Bill"
title: "Dental hygienists; perform certain functions under general supervision; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dental hygienists, so as to authorize licensed dental hygienists to perform certain functions under general supervision in certain settings; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for criteria; to provide for requirements; to collect certain Medicaid data; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Georgia HB 154 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee Hawkins", "Matt Hatchett", "Michele Henson", "Sharon Cooper", "Stacey Abrams"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2018-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20bc837f-dd30-4fe1-9db9-9e151b69f39d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7c4bbb4a9b3afe42df36ded861090e87112055e445331c812cb60c6591c2a5f8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 154 (2017_18) — Dental hygienists; perform certain functions under general supervision; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dental hygienists, so as to authorize licensed dental hygienists to perform certain functions under general supervision in certain settings; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for criteria; to provide for requirements; to collect certain Medicaid data; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1630** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Michele Henson — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-26** House Hopper
- **2017-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Tabled
- **2017-03-30** Senate Taken from Table
- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 177 `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20bc837f-dd30-4fe1-9db9-9e151b69f39d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).