republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-291.md

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Bill	State Board of Accountancy; independent state agency attached to Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; provide	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 that the State Board of Accountancy is an independent state agency attached to the Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; to provide the powers and duties of the board; to amend Code Section 24-5-501 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certain communications as privileged, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Code Section 36-81-8.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions, grant certification forms, filings with the state auditor, forfeiture of funds for noncompliance, and no exemption from liability relative to local government budgets and audits, so as to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 291	Georgia HB 291 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Allen Peake David Knight David Wilkerson Howard Mosby John Carson Lynne Riley	4	17	1	2013-02-11	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/18caed23-e9f6-4791-bd0d-c882669009dc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	11b56b602f3c4ab273a3010d100cbcc586578137cfe4bf7e088135fbc1e58df0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 291 (2013_14) — State Board of Accountancy; independent state agency attached to Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; provide

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 that the State Board of Accountancy is an independent state agency attached to the Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; to provide the powers and duties of the board; to amend Code Section 24-5-501 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certain communications as privileged, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Code Section 36-81-8.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions, grant certification forms, filings with the state auditor, forfeiture of funds for noncompliance, and no exemption from liability relative to local government budgets and audits, so as to correct a cross-reference; 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 291/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5915S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5915S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 2268/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 150–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen Peake — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)
• David Wilkerson — primary (person)
• Howard Mosby — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)
• Lynne Riley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-11 House Hopper
• 2013-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 492 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18caed23-e9f6-4791-bd0d-c882669009dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).