republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-246.md

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Bill	Accountants; provide for powers and actions granted to other licensing boards; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accountants, so as to provide for powers and actions granted to other licensing boards; to revise and add definitions; to provide that the State Board of Accountancy is administratively attached to the State Accounting Office; to change provisions relating to foreign registered accountants; to change the standard of proof; to provide for confidentiality of certain information; to amend Chapter 5B of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Accounting Office, so as to remove the State Board of Accountancy as a division of the State Accounting office; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 246	Georgia HB 246 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	David Knight David Wilkerson Howard Mosby John Carson	4	21	1	2015-02-09	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b8d84c77-1745-4d79-8ca1-c0d7be27e0e5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e2453d494501bcd5058a8b958f563ee3004ca215fd5ec303070f727e06c6e564	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 246 (2015_16) — Accountants; provide for powers and actions granted to other licensing boards; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accountants, so as to provide for powers and actions granted to other licensing boards; to revise and add definitions; to provide that the State Board of Accountancy is administratively attached to the State Accounting Office; to change provisions relating to foreign registered accountants; to change the standard of proof; to provide for confidentiality of certain information; to amend Chapter 5B of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Accounting Office, so as to remove the State Board of Accountancy as a division of the State Accounting office; 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 246/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6308ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen floor am 1 AM 29 2396 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen floor am 2 AM 29 2395 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 142–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Knight — primary (person)
• David Wilkerson — primary (person)
• Howard Mosby — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-09 House Hopper
• 2015-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-20 House Postponed
• 2015-02-23 House Postponed
• 2015-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-19 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-19 Senate Tabled
• 2015-03-23 Senate Taken from Table
• 2015-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2015-03-25 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-02 Senate Receded from Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 59 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8d84c77-1745-4d79-8ca1-c0d7be27e0e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).