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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Composite Medical Board; require certain training relating to sexual misconduct for members"
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, physician assistants, and others, so as to require certain training relating to sexual misconduct for members of the Georgia Composite Medical Board; to amend Chapter 34A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to patient right to know, so as to provide for annual reporting to the General Assembly of the number of physicians investigated or disciplined for the sexual assault of patients; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 458"
citation: "Georgia HB 458 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Scott Holcomb", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af8f4882-d85f-4cad-8b74-8d268e2a0dfa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "899ae9d9e6ace5e51432e3d134715408a3609d97b0241df15148790d360f561c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 458 (2021_22) — Georgia Composite Medical Board; require certain training relating to sexual misconduct for members
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, physician assistants, and others, so as to require certain training relating to sexual misconduct for members of the Georgia Composite Medical Board; to amend Chapter 34A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to patient right to know, so as to provide for annual reporting to the General Assembly of the number of physicians investigated or disciplined for the sexual assault of patients; to provide for definitions; 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 458/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202496.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8618/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197588.pdf)
3. **LC 33 8685S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198980.pdf)
4. **LC 33 8685S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198573.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8757S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201293.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **131–27** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-11** House Hopper
- **2021-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Act 291 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af8f4882-d85f-4cad-8b74-8d268e2a0dfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).