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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals and Related Institutions; required publication by hospital of certain financial documents on its website; provisions; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to revise provisions relating to required publication by hospital of certain financial documents on its website; to provide for uniform reporting requirements; to require hospitals to annually provide the Uniform Resource Locator for the webpage containing the financial documents; to provide for increased penalties for noncompliance; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 505"
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citation: "Georgia SB 505 (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", "Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Derek Mallow", "Ed Harbison", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jason Esteves", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson", "Matt Brass", "Nan Orrock", "Sonya Halpern", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-02-15"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f30a5599-9aa9-459b-9e94-7b0560c0fb53"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "20b68ed2b96a64ce9c1407a9d33f58957465e00a11cc8047a92e0212625d6e86"
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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 505 (2023_24) — Hospitals and Related Institutions; required publication by hospital of certain financial documents on its website; provisions; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to revise provisions relating to required publication by hospital of certain financial documents on its website; to provide for uniform reporting requirements; to require hospitals to annually provide the Uniform Resource Locator for the webpage containing the financial documents; to provide for increased penalties for noncompliance; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226050.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 33 9619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224137.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1 AM 33 2058** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226024.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 9712S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226993.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 9727S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227754.pdf)
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6. **SB 505/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229661.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #586 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #757 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **156–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #885 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Derek Mallow — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-13** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2024-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 427 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** 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/f30a5599-9aa9-459b-9e94-7b0560c0fb53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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