republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-1304.md

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Bill	Georgia Caregivers Act; create	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to create the "Georgia Caregivers Act"; to provide for definitions; to require hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to identify lay caregivers; to provide that named lay caregivers are not obligated to provide aftercare; to provide that no new private right of action is created; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 1304	Georgia HB 1304 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Houston Gaines Katie Dempsey Lee Hawkins Mack Jackson Rick Jasperse Sharon Cooper	4	15	1	2022-02-10	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/56a44b77-84c3-4aeb-8766-3df878af7158	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c149dd6ca47bbb8bcd78c1b9211d80df57a5ff5495e20939548a00164b9e5b58	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1304 (2021_22) — Georgia Caregivers Act; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to create the "Georgia Caregivers Act"; to provide for definitions; to require hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to identify lay caregivers; to provide that named lay caregivers are not obligated to provide aftercare; to provide that no new private right of action is created; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 1304/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 54 0052/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 54 0060S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 54 0060S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Houston Gaines — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Mack Jackson — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-02-10 House Hopper
• 2022-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-02-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-08 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-08 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-30 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-04-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-04-01 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-06 Act 828 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56a44b77-84c3-4aeb-8766-3df878af7158. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).