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Bill	Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speech-language pathologists and audiologists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact"; to provide the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with the power to administer such compact in this state and to conduct national background checks for which applicants for licensure are required to submit fingerprints; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 34	Georgia HB 34 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Dave Belton John Corbett Karen Bennett Lee Hawkins Shaw Blackmon	5	18	1	2020-11-25	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1286b30e-16ea-4cc1-a3b0-fa81c6a9fbd4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0de4fbbae2f6eb7e2da103d6d709f3d431c2ad909e26dfe5498e37b3b72cef51	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 34 (2021_22) — Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speech-language pathologists and audiologists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact"; to provide the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with the power to administer such compact in this state and to conduct national background checks for which applicants for licensure are required to submit fingerprints; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; 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 34/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 4678S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 4678S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 2650/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 41 2650/pf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Dave Belton — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Karen Bennett — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-11-25 House Prefiled introduction
• 2021-01-12 House Hopper
• 2021-01-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-01-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-18 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-10 Act 285 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1286b30e-16ea-4cc1-a3b0-fa81c6a9fbd4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).