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type: "Bill"
title: "Licensing of Veterinarians; certain sterilization services performed by out-of-state veterinarians from licensing requirements; exempt"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 410"
citation: "Georgia SB 410 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Jason Anavitarte", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c433707c-add5-4905-985f-0cac8cf2239a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7f22fe107552074b019d772f0a28afd3ba303f4ce8142634ee618c3df9ab9eba"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222071.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223524.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 44 2625S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222501.pdf)
4. **Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223302.pdf)
5. **LC 44 2717S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224890.pdf)
6. **SB 410/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227151.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c433707c-add5-4905-985f-0cac8cf2239a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).