Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teletriage under certain circumstances; to authorize licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine under certain circumstances; to provide for the regulation of the practice of veterinary telemedicine, veterinary teletriage, and veterinary teleadvice by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 5, 2025
Signed May 13, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a House substitute version to the final Senate version, removing committee markup and adding sponsor information. The substantive legislative content regarding veterinary telemedicine, teletriage, and teleadvice remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Removed House Committee substitute markup and added Senate Bill sponsor information and 'AS PASSED' designation, indicating the bill has moved to its final Senate version without substantive policy changes.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Mar 27, 2025
How they voted
51–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 55
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic22
81% Yea
R
Republican33
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Act 190
upper
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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