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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speech-language pathologists and audiologists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the \"Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact\"; to provide the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with the power to administer such compact in this state and to conduct national background checks for which applicants for licensure are required to submit fingerprints; to provide for definitions; 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: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 34"
+citation: "Georgia HB 34 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Dave Belton", "John Corbett", "Karen Bennett", "Lee Hawkins", "Shaw Blackmon"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-11-25"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1286b30e-16ea-4cc1-a3b0-fa81c6a9fbd4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0de4fbbae2f6eb7e2da103d6d709f3d431c2ad909e26dfe5498e37b3b72cef51"
+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 34 (2021_22) — Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speech-language pathologists and audiologists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact"; to provide the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with the power to administer such compact in this state and to conduct national background checks for which applicants for licensure are required to submit fingerprints; to provide for definitions; 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 34/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201674.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 4678S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198808.pdf)
+3. **LC 36 4678S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198242.pdf)
+4. **LC 41 2650/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195672.pdf)
+5. **LC 41 2650/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195550.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Dave Belton — primary (person)
+- John Corbett — primary (person)
+- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-25** House Prefiled `introduction`
+- **2021-01-12** House Hopper
+- **2021-01-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2021-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-10** Act 285 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1286b30e-16ea-4cc1-a3b0-fa81c6a9fbd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+