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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to revise provisions relating to restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; to revise definitions; to provide requirements for assessment mechanisms; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for violations and penalties; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 203"
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citation: "Georgia HB 203 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James Beverly", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Ron Stephens", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-01"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d61618d-0ea9-42c0-a91a-7e8e3e95c843"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2c62db8f35155d303669a248c30df2edfbb1149048538acc0852a30ba7353328"
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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 203 (2023_24) — Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to revise provisions relating to restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; to revise definitions; to provide requirements for assessment mechanisms; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for violations and penalties; 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. **HB 203/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218043.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 9305/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213440.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #65 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #235 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James Beverly — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-01** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** Act 233 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/0d61618d-0ea9-42c0-a91a-7e8e3e95c843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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