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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act; enter into an interstate compact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the \"Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act\"; to authorize the State Board of Physical Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide definitions; to provide for criminal history records checks for licensing purposes; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 39"
+citation: "Georgia HB 39 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Bill Hitchens", "Brian Prince", "Dave Belton", "David Clark", "Shaw Blackmon"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-17"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49e03070-bf12-47a9-be95-1a766be42269"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "38ed48595b54dbd2d7a51e6a57546d40147e1328e03acbf463c78f94e870d062"
+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 HB 39 (2019_20) — Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act; enter into an interstate compact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act"; to authorize the State Board of Physical Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide definitions; to provide for criminal history records checks for licensing purposes; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 39/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187552.pdf)
+2. **LC 41 1686/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179657.pdf)
+3. **SCSFA to HB 39** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186594.pdf)
+4. **Sen ctee sub LC 46 0157S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185062.pdf)
+5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186402.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **154–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Al Williams — primary (person)
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Brian Prince — primary (person)
+- Dave Belton — primary (person)
+- David Clark — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-17** House Hopper
+- **2019-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-21** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-23** Act 37 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49e03070-bf12-47a9-be95-1a766be42269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+