republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-164.md

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Bill	Professional Standards Commission; professional learning requirements for certification renewal; extend suspension	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-200 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of certificated professional personnel by the Professional Standards Commission, so as to extend the suspension of professional learning requirements for certification renewal; to extend the timeline for revision of certification renewal rules for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 164	Georgia HB 164 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Charles Martin David Casas	4	15	1	2015-01-28	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1278afc4-4de8-4755-a844-a2a3f38f8bde	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1e6203a31593ce5bc9b69707b101d14b3ac97e84eb11c7bef069aae2db29925d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 164 (2015_16) — Professional Standards Commission; professional learning requirements for certification renewal; extend suspension

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-200 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of certificated professional personnel by the Professional Standards Commission, so as to extend the suspension of professional learning requirements for certification renewal; to extend the timeline for revision of certification renewal rules for purposes of conformity; 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 164/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 5843/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 5916S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 5916S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Charles Martin — primary (person)
• David Casas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-28 House Hopper
• 2015-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-19 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 118 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1278afc4-4de8-4755-a844-a2a3f38f8bde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).