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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 28 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to occupational therapists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the \"Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact\"; to authorize the State Board of Occupational Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 268"
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citation: "Georgia HB 268 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Dave Belton", "Jodi Lott", "Karen Bennett", "Lee Hawkins", "Mesha Mainor"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-03"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd83018-4f11-4ccb-a983-9f02a7603d10"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4dd68898dad9edafa7f679c86b721fd9768d72d1664935f36cd8a090e0ac1746"
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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 268 (2021_22) — The Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 28 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to occupational therapists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact"; to authorize the State Board of Occupational Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; 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 268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201689.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4568/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196656.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 4640S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198315.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 4640S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197820.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mesha Mainor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** Act 286 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/6bd83018-4f11-4ccb-a983-9f02a7603d10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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