---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 28 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to occupational therapists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the \"Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact\"; to authorize the State Board of Occupational Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide 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 268"
citation: "Georgia HB 268 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Dave Belton", "Jodi Lott", "Karen Bennett", "Lee Hawkins", "Mesha Mainor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd83018-4f11-4ccb-a983-9f02a7603d10"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4dd68898dad9edafa7f679c86b721fd9768d72d1664935f36cd8a090e0ac1746"
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 268 (2021_22) — The Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 28 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to occupational therapists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact"; to authorize the State Board of Occupational Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide 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 268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201689.pdf)
2. **LC 36 4568/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196656.pdf)
3. **LC 36 4640S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198315.pdf)
4. **LC 36 4640S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197820.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Mesha Mainor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** House Hopper
- **2021-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-23** 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 286 `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/6bd83018-4f11-4ccb-a983-9f02a7603d10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).