republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-26.md

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Bill	Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; enter into an interstate compact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 39 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to psychologists, so as to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact"; to authorize the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to administer the compact in this state; to revise provisions relating to exceptions to licensure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 26	Georgia HB 26 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Al Williams Bill Hitchens Dave Belton Josh Bonner Mike Glanton Shaw Blackmon	4	15	1	2019-01-16	2019-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ec0a21f6-b050-418d-9d1a-f6180f1d4241	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bdc4caf684247ae51f07849266be05e94bca3e8754277f59f730133ac090c0f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 26 (2019_20) — Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; enter into an interstate compact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 39 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to psychologists, so as to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact"; to authorize the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to administer the compact in this state; to revise provisions relating to exceptions to licensure; 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 26/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 1639/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 17144/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 1714S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Al Williams — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Dave Belton — primary (person)
• Josh Bonner — primary (person)
• Mike Glanton — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-16 House Hopper
• 2019-01-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-02-08 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-23 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-23 Act 36 executive-signature
• 2019-04-23 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec0a21f6-b050-418d-9d1a-f6180f1d4241. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).