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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical professionals for rural assistance, so as to expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists; 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 659"
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citation: "Georgia HB 659 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Gerald Greene", "Lee Hawkins", "Leesa Hagan", "Rick Jasperse"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9423b485-5d12-42fc-851b-28d52ae26627"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "335d4c57ef090ef5052bcba62502e6658bdb790bec4d954dc7609621cb6bd19e"
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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 659 (2025_26) — Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical professionals for rural assistance, so as to expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists; 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 659/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249081.pdf)
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2. **LC 52 0789/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234328.pdf)
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3. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 60 0028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248467.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #840 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–8** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #469 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #900 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 385 `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/9423b485-5d12-42fc-851b-28d52ae26627`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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