Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical professionals for rural assistance, so as to expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 27, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 28, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 3, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Jan 29, 2026
House Third Readers · Feb 2, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Feb 2, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 3, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 25, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 25, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended · Mar 31, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Apr 2, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 5, 2026
Act 385 · May 5, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate AmendmentHouse · 2026-04-02 · yea 164, nay 8, notVoting 5, excused 3
PASSAGE AS AMENDEDSenate · 2026-03-31 · yea 46, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 7
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-02-02 · yea 168, nay 2, notVoting 5, excused 5
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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