republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-319.md

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Bill	Professional Counseling; revise the definition	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-10A-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to professional counselors, social workers, and others, so as to revise the definition of "professional counseling"; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 319	Georgia SB 319 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Greg Kirk Lester Jackson Nan Orrock Renee Unterman Steve Henson	6	17	1	2016-02-02	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/bc498bce-4d1c-4d98-85f7-7752a6e63aa4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	86c479a556d4320bcb63638fb45a3abd13cd7296ead1546ee09cd908748f152e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 319 (2015_16) — Professional Counseling; revise the definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-10A-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to professional counselors, social workers, and others, so as to revise the definition of "professional counseling"; 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. As introduced LC 33 6304 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amendment AM 33 1644 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6635ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 319/AP* (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 319/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-02 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-17 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-17 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Postponed
• 2016-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 377 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc498bce-4d1c-4d98-85f7-7752a6e63aa4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).