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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teletriage under certain circumstances; to authorize licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine under certain circumstances; to provide for the regulation of the practice of veterinary telemedicine, veterinary teletriage, and veterinary teleadvice by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine; to revise and provide for definitions; 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: "SB 105"
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citation: "Georgia SB 105 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROPERTY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Bo Hatchett", "Drew Echols", "Jason Anavitarte", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fa6bba8-7014-4e7f-8d53-0c2fd3ac824e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3c73e0406b1715fed0d8aae38a965ec40d89e7e653c2392bd9847977df5f174f"
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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 105 (2025_26) — Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teletriage under certain circumstances; to authorize licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine under certain circumstances; to provide for the regulation of the practice of veterinary telemedicine, veterinary teletriage, and veterinary teleadvice by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine; to revise and provide for definitions; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235359.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 60 0047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231396.pdf)
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3. **LC 57 0273S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236521.pdf)
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4. **SB 105/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239597.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #324 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #476 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #162 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — 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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- **2025-02-05** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 190 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/9fa6bba8-7014-4e7f-8d53-0c2fd3ac824e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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