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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physical therapists; licensure and regulations of therapists and therapy assistants; revise various provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise various provisions regarding the licensure and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapy assistants; to revise definitions; to include additional powers of the State Board of Physical Therapy; to revise provisions regarding use of titles; to revise provisions regarding granting licenses and discipline of licensees; 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 505"
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citation: "Georgia HB 505 (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: ["Dan Gasaway", "Dexter Sharper", "Karen Bennett", "Matt Ramsey", "Mike Cheokas", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-26"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2180f158-ed0a-4c3c-a960-b1127e4fbe5e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a45b82f62192c32baee6438ac96c5af2fa58a307231db85a3cb81e35e727ef94"
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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 505 (2015_16) — Physical therapists; licensure and regulations of therapists and therapy assistants; revise various provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise various provisions regarding the licensure and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapy assistants; to revise definitions; to include additional powers of the State Board of Physical Therapy; to revise provisions regarding use of titles; to revise provisions regarding granting licenses and discipline of licensees; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 33 1531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151246.pdf)
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2. **HB 505/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153552.pdf)
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3. **HB 505/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151258.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6057/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149437.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 6101S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150143.pdf)
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6. **SCSFA to HB 505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152797.pdf)
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7. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2011S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152297.pdf)
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8. **Sen floor am 2 AM 37 0282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152610.pdf)
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9. **Sen floor am 3 AM 37 0283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152638.pdf)
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10. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152686.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **151–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dan Gasaway — primary (person)
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- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
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- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-26** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-07** 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 53 `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/2180f158-ed0a-4c3c-a960-b1127e4fbe5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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