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type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and businesses; repeal and reenact Chapter 11A, the Dietetics Practice Act"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to repeal and reenact Chapter 11A, the \"Dietetics Practice Act\"; to amend Titles 9, 31, 33, 43, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, health, insurance, professions and businesses, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for conforming cross-references; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 185"
citation: "Georgia HB 185 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PRACTICE", "HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES", "TORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Ginny Ehrhart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8a6a96b-b655-46c0-b5d2-0fc40988d636"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "46fcd96eb15bfe6496e680680dce832bbc4b10b32fa160c3219d42c125e4f5f7"
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 HB 185 (2025_26) — Professions and businesses; repeal and reenact Chapter 11A, the Dietetics Practice Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to repeal and reenact Chapter 11A, the "Dietetics Practice Act"; to amend Titles 9, 31, 33, 43, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, health, insurance, professions and businesses, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for conforming cross-references; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 185/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246383.pdf)
2. **LC 52 0648/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230702.pdf)
3. **LC 52 0820S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235413.pdf)
4. **LC 52 0820S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235140.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 0987S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241796.pdf)
6. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 52 0082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239509.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #199 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #710 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #718 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **155–8** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-18** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 436 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8a6a96b-b655-46c0-b5d2-0fc40988d636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).