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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Professional Counseling; revise the definition"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-10A-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to professional counselors, social workers, and others, so as to revise the definition of \"professional counseling\"; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 319"
+citation: "Georgia SB 319 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kirk", "Lester Jackson", "Nan Orrock", "Renee Unterman", "Steve Henson"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-02"
+last_action: "2016-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc498bce-4d1c-4d98-85f7-7752a6e63aa4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "86c479a556d4320bcb63638fb45a3abd13cd7296ead1546ee09cd908748f152e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 319 (2015_16) — Professional Counseling; revise the definition
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-10A-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to professional counselors, social workers, and others, so as to revise the definition of "professional counseling"; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 33 6304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156179.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157671.pdf)
+3. **Floor Amendment AM 33 1644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161468.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 6635ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160853.pdf)
+5. **SB 319/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162308.pdf)
+6. **SB 319/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161852.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
+- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
+- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
+- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
+- Steve Henson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-02** Senate Hopper
+- **2016-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-22** House Postponed
+- **2016-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 377 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc498bce-4d1c-4d98-85f7-7752a6e63aa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+