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Bill Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to examination regarding professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to authorize applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 SB 485 Georgia SB 485 (2025_26)
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Ben Watson
Bill Cowsert
Billy Hickman
Bo Hatchett
Carden Summers
Chuck Hufstetler
Chuck Payne
Ed Setzler
Frank Ginn
Jason Anavitarte
Kay Kirkpatrick
Max Burns
Mike Hodges
Randy Robertson
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Georgia SB 485 (2025_26) — Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to examination regarding professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to authorize applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  2. As introduced LC 56 0563 (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 56 0672S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB 485/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #747 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 12146 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #665 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 480 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #856 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 460 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Billy Hickman — primary (person)
  • Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
  • Carden Summers — primary (person)
  • Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Ed Setzler — primary (person)
  • Frank Ginn — primary (person)
  • Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Max Burns — primary (person)
  • Mike Hodges — primary (person)
  • Randy Robertson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-10 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2026-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2026-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Tabled
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2026-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2026-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-11 Act 514 executive-signature
  • 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27fb9638-c195-40a9-9772-32dffb6b0a57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).