---
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).