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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; revise licensing provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state speech-language pathology and audiology licensing, so as to allow persons who are not licensed audiologists to use otoacoustic emissions or auditory brainstem response technology as part of a screening process for the initial identification of communication disorders in individuals up to age 22, subject to certain conditions; to provide for compliance with certain notifiable disease reporting requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1186"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1186 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Jodi Lott", "Martin Momtahan", "Matt Dubnik", "Penny Houston", "Sharon Cooper"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-02"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10ea77b7-f5c0-4838-a013-7d106fd72c9a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7265b214a983c6930cd67330525d1efb3d9766611dfdd6dbaed2fd130c76d377"
+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 1186 (2021_22) — Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; revise licensing provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state speech-language pathology and audiology licensing, so as to allow persons who are not licensed audiologists to use otoacoustic emissions or auditory brainstem response technology as part of a screening process for the initial identification of communication disorders in individuals up to age 22, subject to certain conditions; to provide for compliance with certain notifiable disease reporting requirements; 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 1186/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212179.pdf)
+2. **LC 49 0774/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204933.pdf)
+3. **LC 49 0828S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207574.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 0828S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206856.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **156–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
+- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
+- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
+- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-02** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-09** Act 838 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10ea77b7-f5c0-4838-a013-7d106fd72c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+