2025-2026 Regular Session
SB140
Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 30 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to optometrists, so as to provide for doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Legislative progress
i
This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 6, 2025 · Senate
Passage: Senate Vote #197
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
54 yea–1 nay · 1 not voting
March 31, 2025 · House
Passage: House Vote #345
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
166 yea–0 nay · 7 not voting · 7 absent
March 31, 2025 · Senate
Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #370
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
52 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
March 10, 2025 · House
Health
February 11, 2025 · Senate
Health and Human Services
Instrument history
i
This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
-
State Effective Date 2025-05-13
-
State Act 194
-
Senate Senate Date Signed by Governor
-
Senate Senate Sent to Governor
-
Senate Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
-
House House Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
-
House House Third Readers
-
House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
-
House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
-
House House Committee Favorably Reported
-
House House Second Readers
-
House House First Readers
-
Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
-
Senate Senate Third Read
-
Senate Senate Taken from Table
-
Senate Senate Tabled
-
Senate Senate Read Second Time
-
Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
-
Senate Senate Read and Referred
-
Senate Senate Hopper