republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-505.md

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Bill	Physical therapists; licensure and regulations of therapists and therapy assistants; revise various provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise various provisions regarding the licensure and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapy assistants; to revise definitions; to include additional powers of the State Board of Physical Therapy; to revise provisions regarding use of titles; to revise provisions regarding granting licenses and discipline of licensees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 505	Georgia HB 505 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Dan Gasaway Dexter Sharper Karen Bennett Matt Ramsey Mike Cheokas Sharon Cooper	10	16	1	2015-02-26	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2180f158-ed0a-4c3c-a960-b1127e4fbe5e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a45b82f62192c32baee6438ac96c5af2fa58a307231db85a3cb81e35e727ef94	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 505 (2015_16) — Physical therapists; licensure and regulations of therapists and therapy assistants; revise various provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise various provisions regarding the licensure and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapy assistants; to revise definitions; to include additional powers of the State Board of Physical Therapy; to revise provisions regarding use of titles; to revise provisions regarding granting licenses and discipline of licensees; 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. Floor Amendment AM 33 1531 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 505/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 505/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6057/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 33 6101S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 505 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2011S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor am 2 AM 37 0282 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor am 3 AM 37 0283 (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 151–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Gasaway — primary (person)
• Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
• Karen Bennett — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
• Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 House Hopper
• 2015-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 53 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2180f158-ed0a-4c3c-a960-b1127e4fbe5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).