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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia\"; telemedicine licenses for physicians in other states; engage in the practice of medicine with patients in this state through telemedicine; 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 telemedicine licenses for physicians licensed in other states to engage in the practice of medicine with patients in this state through telemedicine; to provide for requirements for issuance of a telemedicine license; to provide for restrictions; to provide for notice of restrictions placed on a license by another state; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for revocation; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 115"
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citation: "Georgia SB 115 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Dean Burke", "Jeff Mullis", "Larry Walker, III", "Renee Unterman", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6048ad5-b019-4958-808a-82108360ab71"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2722c693dd3da88c20a5acab4a789477095c4ef29e424499ea3e208aabb6bcf8"
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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 115 (2019_20) — "Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia"; telemedicine licenses for physicians in other states; engage in the practice of medicine with patients in this state through telemedicine; 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 telemedicine licenses for physicians licensed in other states to engage in the practice of medicine with patients in this state through telemedicine; to provide for requirements for issuance of a telemedicine license; to provide for restrictions; to provide for notice of restrictions placed on a license by another state; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for revocation; 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 Introduced LC 33 7683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181673.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182854.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8012S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186211.pdf)
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4. **LC 46 0179S/hrs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186786.pdf)
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5. **SB 115/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186993.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — 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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- **2019-02-15** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** Act 156 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/b6048ad5-b019-4958-808a-82108360ab71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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