---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions; regulations; provide; certain boxing, wrestling, and martial arts associations and federations; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the regulation of certain professions; to change certain provisions relating to certain boxing, wrestling, and martial art associations and federations; to revise a definition; to change the applicability of certain provisions as to matches, contests, or exhibitions; to provide for the profession of professional structural engineer; to provide for definitions; to provide for continuing education requirements; to provide for unlawful practices; to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration for such professionals; to provide for registration by comity; to provide for exceptions; 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: "SB 310"
citation: "Georgia SB 310 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "P. K. Martin IV", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aad326e-3718-402e-bd5f-dc0bca64ac5f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5772129dbb4d92f747728160ca9fac32ae307ef9efb1e8439027184db7f65a29"
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 SB 310 (2019_20) — Professions; regulations; provide; certain boxing, wrestling, and martial arts associations and federations; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the regulation of certain professions; to change certain provisions relating to certain boxing, wrestling, and martial art associations and federations; to revise a definition; to change the applicability of certain provisions as to matches, contests, or exhibitions; to provide for the profession of professional structural engineer; to provide for definitions; to provide for continuing education requirements; to provide for unlawful practices; to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration for such professionals; to provide for registration by comity; to provide for exceptions; 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. **As introduced LC 36 4117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188391.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190797.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 36 4190S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189468.pdf)
4. **SB 310/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194294.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **46–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** Senate Hopper
- **2020-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Postponed
- **2020-06-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-04** Act 561 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aad326e-3718-402e-bd5f-dc0bca64ac5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).