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79 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities;hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; to provide for definitions; 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 573"
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citation: "Georgia SB 573 (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: ["Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-28"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac4b157b-3c0b-4be5-a268-3b977744d538"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2d46041cc8e046947e7f04b7dfaec8d5aaca56794ac7099c64ed59cbebf1cd57"
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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 573 (2021_22) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities;hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; to provide for definitions; 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 9055** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207887.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209451.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 9092S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208733.pdf)
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4. **SB 573/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211042.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Tabled
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-09** Act 849 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/ac4b157b-3c0b-4be5-a268-3b977744d538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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