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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Board of Accountancy; independent state agency attached to Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide that the State Board of Accountancy is an independent state agency attached to the Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; to provide the powers and duties of the board; to amend Code Section 24-5-501 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certain communications as privileged, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Code Section 36-81-8.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions, grant certification forms, filings with the state auditor, forfeiture of funds for noncompliance, and no exemption from liability relative to local government budgets and audits, so as to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 291"
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citation: "Georgia HB 291 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "David Knight", "David Wilkerson", "Howard Mosby", "John Carson", "Lynne Riley"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-11"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18caed23-e9f6-4791-bd0d-c882669009dc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "11b56b602f3c4ab273a3010d100cbcc586578137cfe4bf7e088135fbc1e58df0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 291 (2013_14) — State Board of Accountancy; independent state agency attached to Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide that the State Board of Accountancy is an independent state agency attached to the Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; to provide the powers and duties of the board; to amend Code Section 24-5-501 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certain communications as privileged, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Code Section 36-81-8.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions, grant certification forms, filings with the state auditor, forfeiture of funds for noncompliance, and no exemption from liability relative to local government budgets and audits, so as to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 291/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144428.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 5915S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141934.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 5915S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141540.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 2268/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130477.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **150–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Allen Peake — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
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- Howard Mosby — primary (person)
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- John Carson — primary (person)
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- Lynne Riley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-11** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-15** Act 492 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18caed23-e9f6-4791-bd0d-c882669009dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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