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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia Composite Medical Board, so as to provide for the board to implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; to provide for requirements; 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 162"
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citation: "Georgia SB 162 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Blake Tillery", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/482bedf8-f921-4ccc-babd-c8ed80bc4e00"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "40af40f1e85a79be06055875ed88a3690c1c0dc72aa1ec4ebca49298b05cb6b6"
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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 162 (2025_26) — Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia Composite Medical Board, so as to provide for the board to implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; to provide for requirements; 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/20252026/235607.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 52 0744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232336.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 55 0554S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233853.pdf)
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4. **Committee sub LC 52 0813S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234737.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 9815S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235985.pdf)
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6. **LC 60 0272S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241455.pdf)
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7. **SB 162 /AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244088.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #584 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #195 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #490 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `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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- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-04** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 408 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/482bedf8-f921-4ccc-babd-c8ed80bc4e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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