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type: "Bill"
title: "Nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to provide for licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; to revise definitions; to provide for licensure requirements; to provide for renewal of licenses; to provide for a misdemeanor to practice advanced nursing practice without a license; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "Georgia SB 164 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Harbison", "Greg Dolezal", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/573a49b8-c450-4936-a85f-c0689a16207e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0dd66924e8399dbba22aafaa3da13f145dda39c1f181dc7a47f1a51062cb398a"
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 SB 164 (2023_24) — Nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to provide for licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; to revise definitions; to provide for licensure requirements; to provide for renewal of licenses; to provide for a misdemeanor to practice advanced nursing practice without a license; 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. **As introduced LC 33 9355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214488.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217171.pdf)
3. **LC 33 9487S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217810.pdf)
4. **SB 164/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219457.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #291 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #162 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #287 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05** Veto V12 `executive-veto`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/573a49b8-c450-4936-a85f-c0689a16207e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).