republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-395.md

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Bill	The Professional Counselors Licensure Compact Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to revise certain licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Professional Counselors Licensure Compact"; to authorize the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists to administer the compact in this state; to authorize the board to conduct national background checks; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 395	Georgia HB 395 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bill Werkheiser Dave Belton Eddie Lumsden Heath Clark John Corbett Scott Holcomb	4	17	1	2021-02-10	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/8819ba90-58e5-4243-9d1f-95090fd63856	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d0bf74207c4c8aeec52a0e47fd002ba6e55a3a9a331f3b91a4fdf4f89b7e6189	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 395 (2021_22) — The Professional Counselors Licensure Compact Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to revise certain licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Professional Counselors Licensure Compact"; to authorize the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists to administer the compact in this state; to authorize the board to conduct national background checks; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 395/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 4611/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 4679S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 4679S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 133–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
• Dave Belton — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Heath Clark — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Scott Holcomb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 House Hopper
• 2021-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-16 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
• 2021-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-23 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 287 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8819ba90-58e5-4243-9d1f-95090fd63856. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).