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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals and Nursing Homes; chiropractic practice to have a lien on a cause of action accruing to an injured person; allow"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 8 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to liens of hospitals and nursing homes, so as to allow a chiropractic practice to have a lien on a cause of action accruing to an injured person for the costs of care and treatment of injuries arising out of the cause of action; to revise 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "SB 168"
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citation: "Georgia SB 168 (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: ["Carden Summers", "Marty Harbin", "Rick Williams", "Shawn Still", "Shelly Echols"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833cbabc-e0aa-4a00-a7fa-34dc914d2f2d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "da0144aed04600522ed48d79c2a0697177f2f2e140545c0e39df5012b538aa95"
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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 168 (2023_24) — Hospitals and Nursing Homes; chiropractic practice to have a lien on a cause of action accruing to an injured person; allow
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 8 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to liens of hospitals and nursing homes, so as to allow a chiropractic practice to have a lien on a cause of action accruing to an injured person for the costs of care and treatment of injuries arising out of the cause of action; to revise 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 44 2275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214518.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217236.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1 AM 44 0171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217168.pdf)
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4. **SB 168/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219592.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #189 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–4** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #302 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** Act 253 `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/833cbabc-e0aa-4a00-a7fa-34dc914d2f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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