---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurses; continuing competency requirements as requirement for license renewal; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registered professional nurses, so as to provide for continuing competency requirements as a requirement for license renewal; to provide for inactive licenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "Georgia HB 315 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Sims", "Ed Rynders", "Margaret Kaiser", "Sharon Cooper", "Sheila Jones", "Valerie Clark"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5051bf54-cec6-4c82-a86a-3c05683cb01a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d8bf57d655a69aacbf9c9d62acd89731349c85c376e9f279ed1a945162169613"
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 315 (2013_14) — Nurses; continuing competency requirements as requirement for license renewal; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registered professional nurses, so as to provide for continuing competency requirements as a requirement for license renewal; to provide for inactive licenses; 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 315/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136283.pdf)
2. **LC 33 4992/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130632.pdf)
3. **SCSFA to HB 315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135761.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 5169S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134470.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 1342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135657.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 33 1355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135752.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **172–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Sims — primary (person)
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
- Valerie Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-12** House Hopper
- **2013-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 266 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5051bf54-cec6-4c82-a86a-3c05683cb01a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).