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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; to provide for patients under conscious sedation in dental settings and for dental procedures in medispas; to provide for patients under varying levels of sedation in physician offices and medispas; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for enforcement; to provide for statutory construction; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 5"
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citation: "Georgia SB 5 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Michelle Au"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2ab0901-8ac8-4ce8-89d9-f7a15b38b244"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "de97b9c55fbeec05dbf5a52762564634ee7a4a9eb6d6f95dae3a0b31d3336bcc"
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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 5 (2021_22) — Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; to provide for patients under conscious sedation in dental settings and for dental procedures in medispas; to provide for patients under varying levels of sedation in physician offices and medispas; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for enforcement; to provide for statutory construction; 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 8466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195663.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196953.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196943.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8638S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197807.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 8713S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200201.pdf)
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6. **SB 5/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201178.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 6TH — **18–26** (fail) · 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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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Michelle Au — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-01-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-10** 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 Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2021-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** Act 288 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/f2ab0901-8ac8-4ce8-89d9-f7a15b38b244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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