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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Veterinary Practice Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to change certain provisions relating to definitions relative to such chapter; to amend Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to military, emergency management, and veterans affairs generally, so as to revise a cross-reference; 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 956"
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citation: "Georgia HB 956 (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: ["Clay Pirkle", "Rick Jasperse", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-15"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/621140dc-dbcd-4f4d-9c02-954de2e4880f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cace7bc8d19477eaba4f8b21f2d3b42c9afef9a7f3430599d055bc2335be376b"
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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 956 (2017_18) — Georgia Veterinary Practice Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to change certain provisions relating to definitions relative to such chapter; to amend Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to military, emergency management, and veterans affairs generally, so as to revise a cross-reference; 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 — **162–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-15** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 456 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/621140dc-dbcd-4f4d-9c02-954de2e4880f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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