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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physicians, Assistants; relating to the number a physician can authorize and supervise at any one time; provisions; revise"
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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 revise provisions relating to the number of physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses a physician can authorize and supervise at any one time; to remove a limitation on where a physician assistant is authorized to practice; 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: "SB 321"
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citation: "Georgia SB 321 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Gloria Butler", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Renee Unterman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-28"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6abf59e1-3f15-4fb8-8c07-b3955add6429"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e51ca6e9361594cb4e5876bd28bf0c087ca10dc1e05a997792e94abcb13da3cd"
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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 321 (2019_20) — Physicians, Assistants; relating to the number a physician can authorize and supervise at any one time; provisions; revise
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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 revise provisions relating to the number of physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses a physician can authorize and supervise at any one time; to remove a limitation on where a physician assistant is authorized to practice; 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. **As introduced LC 33 8154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188632.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192917.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 8340S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192251.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8418S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194215.pdf)
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5. **SB321/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195027.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-24** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-04** Act 563 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** 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/6abf59e1-3f15-4fb8-8c07-b3955add6429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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