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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit deceptive or misleading terms or false representations by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to prohibit the misappropriation of medical or medical specialty titles by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 197"
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citation: "Georgia SB 197 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Gloria Butler", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-15"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a9a162b-1c49-44c5-bf4e-ac9ce3b0a3f6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6e63212d2687a26c014c823132a26964c30b88b40d227bc016d9e2f185d56b9e"
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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 197 (2023_24) — "Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit deceptive or misleading terms or false representations by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to prohibit the misappropriation of medical or medical specialty titles by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 9383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214899.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217207.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 9490S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217811.pdf)
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4. **SB 197/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219458.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #279 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #290 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #176 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–2** (pass) · 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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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-16** 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 `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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- **2023-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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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 243 `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/6a9a162b-1c49-44c5-bf4e-ac9ce3b0a3f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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