The 2023 Legislative Session of the Georgia General Assembly has ended.

Throughout the legislative session, our liaison Scott Maxwell provided a weekly report on bills and any other legislative activity related to public health. Reports are posted below.

Review the weekly updates from the 2023 legislative session below:

• Report #1: Week ending Jan. 13
• Report #2: Week ending Jan. 20
• Report #3: Week ending Jan. 27
• Report #4: Week ending Feb. 3
• Report #5: Week ending Feb. 10
• Report #6: Week ending Feb. 17
• Report #7: Week ending Feb. 24
• Report #8: Week ending Mar. 3
• Report #9: Week ending Mar. 10
• Report #10: Week ending Mar. 17
• Report #11: Week ending Mar. 24
• Report #12: Adjournment Sine Die, March 29

Looking for a recap of previous legislative sessions? Click here to view an archive of legislative reports for 2018 – 2022.

2023 Policy Positions

GPHA supports programs and funding to protect and promote the public’s health throughout the state, including:

• Maintaining sufficient funding of county health departments through the Grants-to-Counties formula.
• Salary enhancements to promote recruitment, retention, and succession efforts for public health staff.
• Financial incentives for primary care professionals to practice in Georgia, especially in rural areas.
• Opposition to legislation that weakens food safety laws and DPH rules for restaurants and mobile food vehicles.
• Support of telehealth, telemedicine, and teledentistry initiatives that improve public health.
• Support of adding a significant excise tax to the sale of tobacco products.
• Support of legislation to revise the Smoke Free Air Act to include vaping.
• Legislation updating the definition of sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Georgia law.