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type: "Bill"
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title: "Genetic Counselors 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, assistants, and others, so as to provide for the licensure of genetic counselors; to provide for continuing education requirements; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for licensure requirements; to provide for renewal requirements; to provide for the duties and powers of the Georgia Composite Medical Board with respect to genetic counselors; to provide for applicability; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 166"
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citation: "Georgia HB 166 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Ed Rynders", "Katie Dempsey", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-06"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a66e941-f66f-48e7-b104-e810db7ff88a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5b988b183fa9003c67450ab8e98b451833ba1f566bbb978ab866edb111d10240"
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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 166 (2019_20) — Genetic Counselors 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, assistants, and others, so as to provide for the licensure of genetic counselors; to provide for continuing education requirements; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for licensure requirements; to provide for renewal requirements; to provide for the duties and powers of the Georgia Composite Medical Board with respect to genetic counselors; to provide for applicability; 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. **HB 166/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187560.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 7650/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180522.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 7712S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181604.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 7712S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181287.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 7806S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182982.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **148–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-06** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** Act 232 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/7a66e941-f66f-48e7-b104-e810db7ff88a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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