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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Board of Nursing; revise provisions relating to powers and duties; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to revise various provisions relating to the licensure of registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses; to revise provisions relating to the powers and duties of the Georgia Board of Nursing; to provide for acceptance of nursing education programs located outside the United States; to provide for a time period for applicants who do not pass the licensing examination; to revise provisions relating to renewal of licensure; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 394"
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citation: "Georgia HB 394 (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: ["Ed Rynders", "Jason Shaw", "Matt Hatchett", "Richard Smith", "Sharon Cooper", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-18"
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last_action: "2015-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2612505-02b7-4ebb-9156-6a1dd5af4b14"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ed34dcdd762aa87b5fe3fdc5867d115d49609ad8299ecb287d7d6f57d5bf4b46"
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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 394 (2015_16) — Georgia Board of Nursing; revise provisions relating to powers and duties; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to revise various provisions relating to the licensure of registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses; to revise provisions relating to the powers and duties of the Georgia Board of Nursing; to provide for acceptance of nursing education programs located outside the United States; to provide for a time period for applicants who do not pass the licensing examination; to revise provisions relating to renewal of licensure; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 394/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153412.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 5961/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148437.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **154–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Richard Smith — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-18** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 160 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** 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/f2612505-02b7-4ebb-9156-6a1dd5af4b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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