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| Bill | Professional engineers and land surveyors; defense, aviation, space or aerospace companies from complying with provisions; exempt | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional engineers and land surveyors, so as to exempt defense, aviation, space, or aerospace companies and those who work for them and who provide engineering for certain products or services from complying with the provisions of said chapter; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2015_16 | HB 18 | Georgia HB 18 (2015_16) |
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3 | 16 | 1 | 2014-12-03 | 2015-05-05 | openstates | ocd-bill/5e8779cd-0815-40e3-b0d3-4dd6e59465ef | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 8b62ea2175377b58d7812f28a7d22ee35187dffe8ff72f8dcbfc5a164674dde2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 18 (2015_16) — Professional engineers and land surveyors; defense, aviation, space or aerospace companies from complying with provisions; exempt
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional engineers and land surveyors, so as to exempt defense, aviation, space, or aerospace companies and those who work for them and who provide engineering for certain products or services from complying with the provisions of said chapter; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 18/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 36 2602/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 36 2602/pf (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 155–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2014-12-03 House Prefiled
introduction - 2015-01-15 House Hopper
- 2015-01-26 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2015-01-27 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2015-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-03-02 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2015-03-02 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2015-03-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2015-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-03-18 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2015-03-24 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2015-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2015-05-05 Act 63
executive-signature - 2015-05-05 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e8779cd-0815-40e3-b0d3-4dd6e59465ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).