Georgia Senate Bill 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on May 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-10 - Effective Date 2021-07-01
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; to provide for patients under conscious sedation in dental settings and for dental procedures in medispas; to provide for patients under varying levels of sedation in physician offices and medispas; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for enforcement; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide

Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick [R]	Sen. Dean Burke [R]	Sen. Ben Watson [R]	Sen. Chuck Hufstetler [R]
Rep. Michelle Au [D]	Rep. Lee Hawkins [R]

2021-03-23 - Senate - Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #259 (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-03-15 - House - Passage: House Vote #252 (Y: 160 N: 5 NV: 6 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2021-02-08 - Senate - Passage: Senate Vote #25 (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2021-02-08 - Senate - Adoption Of Amendment #1 By The Senator From The 6th: Senate Vote #24 (Y: 18 N: 26 NV: 4 Abs: 8) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-10		Effective Date 2021-07-01
2021-05-10		Act 288
2021-05-10	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2021-04-07	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2021-03-23	Senate	Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2021-03-15	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2021-03-15	House	House Third Readers
2021-03-10	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2021-02-22	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2021-02-17	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2021-02-10	House	House Second Readers
2021-02-09	House	House First Readers
2021-02-08	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2021-02-08	Senate	Senate Third Read
2021-02-04	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2021-02-03	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2021-01-13	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2021-01-12	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58873
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/195663
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/196953
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/197807
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/200201
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/201178
Amendment	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/196943
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58873#18105
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58873#18106
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58873#18523
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58873#18612