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type: "Bill"
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title: "Accountants; provide for powers and actions granted to other licensing boards; provisions"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 246"
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citation: "Georgia HB 246 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "David Wilkerson", "Howard Mosby", "John Carson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8d84c77-1745-4d79-8ca1-c0d7be27e0e5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e2453d494501bcd5058a8b958f563ee3004ca215fd5ec303070f727e06c6e564"
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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 246 (2015_16) — Accountants; provide for powers and actions granted to other licensing boards; provisions
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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.
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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 246/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153834.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6308ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147023.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor am 1 AM 29 2396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151840.pdf)
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4. **Sen floor am 2 AM 29 2395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151848.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **142–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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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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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-20** House Postponed
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- **2015-02-23** House Postponed
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- **2015-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-19** Senate Tabled
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- **2015-03-23** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2015-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2015-03-25** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Receded from Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 59 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/b8d84c77-1745-4d79-8ca1-c0d7be27e0e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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