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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical advertising; certain certifying organizations; revise certain criteria"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-22.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for advertising or publicizing of medical specialty certification, so as to revise certain criteria for certain certifying organizations; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 157"
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citation: "Georgia HB 157 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dominic LaRiccia", "Ed Rynders", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-26"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd1badc-745f-4b05-bf25-ba8b8a2025a4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8065962c42eb815ebd7d99d744fd1b9ac25be6517dc7832925e4035bb97b6039"
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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 157 (2017_18) — Medical advertising; certain certifying organizations; revise certain criteria
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-22.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for advertising or publicizing of medical specialty certification, so as to revise certain criteria for certain certifying organizations; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
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- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-26** House Hopper
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- **2017-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-01** Act 59 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/cfd1badc-745f-4b05-bf25-ba8b8a2025a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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