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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional Standards Commission; establish process by which military spouses may qualify for temporary certificates; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certificated professional personnel, so as to provide for the establishment of a process by the Professional Standards Commission by which military spouses may qualify for temporary certificates, certificates by endorsement, or expedited certificates upon moving to Georgia with their service member or transitioning service member spouse; to provide for definitions; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 245"
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citation: "Georgia HB 245 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Bill Hitchens", "Carolyn Hugley", "John Corbett", "Richard Smith", "Scott Holcomb"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-02"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e854fe1d-d459-4246-b66b-a780c248f659"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7bd16026b4ed927d8af41f78f544f61802f97ea3f3c69a2b06b3924c35d56cd5"
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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 245 (2017_18) — Professional Standards Commission; establish process by which military spouses may qualify for temporary certificates; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certificated professional personnel, so as to provide for the establishment of a process by the Professional Standards Commission by which military spouses may qualify for temporary certificates, certificates by endorsement, or expedited certificates upon moving to Georgia with their service member or transitioning service member spouse; to provide for definitions; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Al Williams — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Richard Smith — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-02** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 184 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/e854fe1d-d459-4246-b66b-a780c248f659`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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