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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterinarians; authorize licensed veterinary technicians to administer antirabies vaccinations to animals"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 19 of Title 31 and Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of rabies and veterinarians and veterinary technicians, respectively, so as to authorize licensed veterinary technicians under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian to administer antirabies vaccinations to animals required by this state to be inoculated against rabies; to update terminology and make conforming changes; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1408"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1408 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Brent Cox", "Leesa Hagan", "Rick Jasperse", "Robert Dickey", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-20"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36991018-1e93-4ed9-b61b-00e81e3658e4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7a4afd04ebb5ecacfc9336cd97bdcb87a006e4ac49d7d12e5b17811cbc0d0ef2"
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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 HB 1408 (2025_26) — Veterinarians; authorize licensed veterinary technicians to administer antirabies vaccinations to animals
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 19 of Title 31 and Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of rabies and veterinarians and veterinary technicians, respectively, so as to authorize licensed veterinary technicians under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian to administer antirabies vaccinations to animals required by this state to be inoculated against rabies; to update terminology and make conforming changes; 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. **HB 1408/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246717.pdf)
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2. **LC 60 0304/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243406.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #756 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #603 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Camp — primary (person)
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- Brent Cox — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-20** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 455 `executive-signature`
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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/36991018-1e93-4ed9-b61b-00e81e3658e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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