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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and businesses; profession of professional structural engineer; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional engineers and land surveyors, so as to provide for the profession of professional structural engineer; to provide for definitions; to provide for continuing education requirements; to provide for unlawful practices; to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration for such professionals; to provide for registration by comity; to provide for certificates of registration; to provide for use of a seal; to provide for exceptions; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 516"
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citation: "Georgia HB 516 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Kasey Carpenter", "Lee Hawkins", "Robert Trammell", "Vance Smith"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-27"
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last_action: "2019-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7df1a66-67cf-4f96-b63a-187f3b2addd9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "40ec2861a00c830e362af8a693df59d926683f63230a4638578b3fc851c2cc45"
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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 516 (2019_20) — Professions and businesses; profession of professional structural engineer; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional engineers and land surveyors, so as to provide for the profession of professional structural engineer; to provide for definitions; to provide for continuing education requirements; to provide for unlawful practices; to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration for such professionals; to provide for registration by comity; to provide for certificates of registration; to provide for use of a seal; to provide for exceptions; 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 516/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187524.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 5524/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183091.pdf)
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3. **SCSFA to HB 516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186430.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 5565S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185178.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 34 0802** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187409.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0737** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186427.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
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- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
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- Vance Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-27** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Reconsidered
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-10** Veto V6 `executive-signature`
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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/a7df1a66-67cf-4f96-b63a-187f3b2addd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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