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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nurses; certain definitions; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to revise certain definitions relating to nurses; to clarify requirements relating to granting authorization to holders of multistate licenses to engage in advanced nursing practice; to repeal a provision relating to the Nurse Licensure Compact; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 168"
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citation: "Georgia SB 168 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Burt Jones", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Ellis Black", "Freddie Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Greg Kirk", "Harold Jones II", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Nan Orrock", "Nikema Williams", "Renee Unterman", "Steve Henson", "Tonya Anderson", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-22"
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last_action: "2019-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62c0ab1c-cdbf-4f3e-b67e-1841092c7eb5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "18fc0f9baae663068d1423186fb3b034f7c4942a5aff585013881f8c9fd8fd3d"
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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 SB 168 (2019_20) — Nurses; certain definitions; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to revise certain definitions relating to nurses; to clarify requirements relating to granting authorization to holders of multistate licenses to engage in advanced nursing practice; to repeal a provision relating to the Nurse Licensure Compact; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 33 7774** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182499.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183620.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 7978S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185133.pdf)
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4. **SB168/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186854.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Nikema Williams — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Steve Henson — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-22** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-25** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-25** Act 48 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-25** 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/62c0ab1c-cdbf-4f3e-b67e-1841092c7eb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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