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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Telehealth Act; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to revise the \"Georgia Telehealth Act\"; to revise definitions; to authorize health care providers to provide telemedicine services from home; to authorize patients to receive telemedicine services from their home, workplace, or school; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 307"
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citation: "Georgia HB 307 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beth Moore", "Houston Gaines", "Jodi Lott", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Spencer Frye"]
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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: "2021-02-04"
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last_action: "2021-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26b5beb6-a5ce-4f0a-9903-9e2a8f8269df"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2bf389f95bc4b9179946a155278168bbd4ea8651dab074476f9cd73a3306fc9c"
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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 307 (2021_22) — Georgia Telehealth Act; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to revise the "Georgia Telehealth Act"; to revise definitions; to authorize health care providers to provide telemedicine services from home; to authorize patients to receive telemedicine services from their home, workplace, or school; 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. **HB 307/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202457.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8544/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196858.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8632S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198327.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8632S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197809.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8760S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200706.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **158–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Moore — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-04** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 188 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** 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/26b5beb6-a5ce-4f0a-9903-9e2a8f8269df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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