republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-952.md

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Bill	"Georgia Professional Regulation Reform Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating professions and businesses, so as to enact the "Georgia Professional Regulation Reform Act"; to provide for executive oversight of licensing boards; to establish state policy for the regulation of certain professions and businesses; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 952	Georgia HB 952 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Amy Carter Chad Nimmer Christian Coomer Robert Dickey Terry Rogers	5	16	1	2016-02-09	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c88e600b-18cb-4c3e-8e93-931ad7980a3a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5f0d98b18401b81d528ee98498a32f13033b2d96cd4f16863c7d96e00d23b539	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 952 (2015_16) — "Georgia Professional Regulation Reform Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating professions and businesses, so as to enact the "Georgia Professional Regulation Reform Act"; to provide for executive oversight of licensing boards; to establish state policy for the regulation of certain professions and businesses; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; 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 952/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 1068-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 40 1149-ECS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 1149-ECS/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 36 3062S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 145–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Carter — primary (person)
• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Christian Coomer — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Terry Rogers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 House Hopper
• 2016-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-27 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Act 485 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c88e600b-18cb-4c3e-8e93-931ad7980a3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).