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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical Practice Act; regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia,\" so as to provide for the regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; to provide for definitions; to provide for standards; to provide for requirements; to provide for the establishment of rules and regulations; to provide for licensure of clinics; to provide for statutory construction; 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 717"
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citation: "Georgia HB 717 (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: ["Deborah Silcox", "Karla Drenner", "Mark Newton", "Michelle Au", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-03-03"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c0e4af-c0ed-40ba-952c-ac366c33c624"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1151bcc9fde34894c07f7a181ac9ba1804084c3ce175482f453a2df135b4f621"
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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 717 (2025_26) — Medical Practice Act; regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia," so as to provide for the regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; to provide for definitions; to provide for standards; to provide for requirements; to provide for the establishment of rules and regulations; to provide for licensure of clinics; to provide for statutory construction; 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 717/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247868.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 9812/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234931.pdf)
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3. **LC 60 0271S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241452.pdf)
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4. **LC 60 0332S/RCS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245271.pdf)
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5. **LC 60 0332S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245166.pdf)
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6. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 33 9905S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246559.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #776 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–3** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #601 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–8** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #650 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **155–8** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #790 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #586 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **73–88** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Michelle Au — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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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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- **2026-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** House Third Reading Lost `failure, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** House Notice to Reconsider
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- **2026-03-04** House Reconsidered
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- **2026-03-04** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 634 `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/13c0e4af-c0ed-40ba-952c-ac366c33c624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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