republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-567.md

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Bill	Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for the practice of dentistry, so as to authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for exemptions and conditions; to provide for authorized practices; to provide for a referred dentist; to provide for ownership of documents; to provide for a limited number of dental hygienists to perform teledentistry under certain conditions; to provide for rules and regulations; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of insurance, so as to allow for coverage of dental services provided through teledentistry; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 567	Georgia HB 567 (2025_26)	bill	PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES	enacted	Darlene Taylor Debbie Buckner Katie Dempsey Lee Hawkins Matt Hatchett	5	16	3	2025-02-21	2026-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/de357c68-bcfe-48cb-a5ef-fc686751cce4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	615dd2fb5778b0b3ad1751dbafb5e2e546ac0604bdae6544851c63f96cdf6d3a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 567 (2025_26) — Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for the practice of dentistry, so as to authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for exemptions and conditions; to provide for authorized practices; to provide for a referred dentist; to provide for ownership of documents; to provide for a limited number of dental hygienists to perform teledentistry under certain conditions; to provide for rules and regulations; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of insurance, so as to allow for coverage of dental services provided through teledentistry; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 567/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 46 1135/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 46 1179S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 46 1179S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee sub LC 46 1218S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #416 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–2 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #253 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 174–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #408 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-28 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
• 2025-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Act 79 executive-signature
• 2026-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de357c68-bcfe-48cb-a5ef-fc686751cce4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).