2023-2024 Regular Session • Georgia Legislature
HB203: Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions
Legislative Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to revise provisions relating to restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; to revise definitions; to provide requirements for assessment mechanisms; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for violations and penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill History
2/1/2023
House Hopper
House of Representatives
2/2/2023
House First Readers
House of Representatives
2/6/2023
House Second Readers
House of Representatives
2/14/2023
House Committee Favorably Reported
House of Representatives
2/22/2023
House Third Readers
House of Representatives
2/22/2023
House Passed/Adopted
House of Representatives
2/23/2023
Senate Read and Referred
Senate
3/8/2023
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
Senate
3/9/2023
Senate Read Second Time
Senate
3/15/2023
Senate Third Read
Senate
3/15/2023
Senate Passed/Adopted
Senate
3/30/2023
House Sent to Governor
House of Representatives
5/2/2023
House Date Signed by Governor
House of Representatives
5/2/2023
Act 233
5/2/2023
Effective Date 2023-07-01
Roll Call Votes
Passage: Senate Vote #235
3/15/2023
51
Yea
1
Nay
1
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passage: House Vote #65
2/22/2023
171
Yea
0
Nay
6
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(5/2/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine Die
Sponsors
Republican: 5
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor

Mark Newton
Republican