SB 197 Georgia Senate · 2023-2024 Regular Session

"Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act"; enact

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit deceptive or misleading terms or false representations by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to prohibit the misappropriation of medical or medical specialty titles by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 15, 2023 Signed May 2, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2023 · House Mar 23, 2023

How they voted

502
Passed
Total votes 52
Mar 6, 2023
D Democratic22
21 Yea 1 Nay
95% Yea
R Republican30
29 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 2, 2023
Signed into law
Act 243
upper
May 2, 2023
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 15, 2023
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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