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type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hearing aid dealers and dispensers, so as to change certain provisions relative to the creation of the State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers, composition, qualifications of members, terms of office, vacancies, and selection of officers; to change certain provisions relating to the issuance of licenses and fees; to change the number of hours of continuing education required for the renewal of a hearing aid specialist license; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 232"
citation: "Georgia HB 232 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Howard Maxwell", "Jason Shaw", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-04"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d88e6f0-46c0-4f05-85ad-62912658faff"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0ada526dc73bc7eb65de390047505668c840c508d923f8ce683b8868a87a5a51"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 232 (2015_16) — State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers; change certain provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hearing aid dealers and dispensers, so as to change certain provisions relative to the creation of the State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers, composition, qualifications of members, terms of office, vacancies, and selection of officers; to change certain provisions relating to the issuance of licenses and fees; to change the number of hours of continuing education required for the renewal of a hearing aid specialist license; 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 232/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153832.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2669/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146944.pdf)
3. **LC 36 2750S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150995.pdf)
4. **LC 36 2750S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150212.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1655** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-04** House Hopper
- **2015-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 209 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d88e6f0-46c0-4f05-85ad-62912658faff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).