republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-410.md

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Bill	Licensing of Veterinarians; certain sterilization services performed by out-of-state veterinarians from licensing requirements; exempt	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing of veterinarians and veterinary technicians generally, so as to exempt certain sterilization services performed by out-of-state veterinarians from licensing requirements; to provide for temporary licenses for out-of-state veterinarians; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 410	Georgia SB 410 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brian Strickland Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Steve Gooch	6	16	3	2024-01-26	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c433707c-add5-4905-985f-0cac8cf2239a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7f22fe107552074b019d772f0a28afd3ba303f4ce8142634ee618c3df9ab9eba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 410 (2023_24) — Licensing of Veterinarians; certain sterilization services performed by out-of-state veterinarians from licensing requirements; exempt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing of veterinarians and veterinary technicians generally, so as to exempt certain sterilization services performed by out-of-state veterinarians from licensing requirements; to provide for temporary licenses for out-of-state veterinarians; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; 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 44 2605 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 44 2625S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0188 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 44 2717S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 410/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #480 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #668 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #656 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-26 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-08 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-13 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Act 469 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c433707c-add5-4905-985f-0cac8cf2239a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).