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type: "Bill"
title: "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speech-language pathologists and audiologists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the \"Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact\"; to provide the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with the power to administer such compact in this state and to conduct national background checks for which applicants for licensure are required to submit fingerprints; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 34"
citation: "Georgia HB 34 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Dave Belton", "John Corbett", "Karen Bennett", "Lee Hawkins", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-25"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1286b30e-16ea-4cc1-a3b0-fa81c6a9fbd4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0de4fbbae2f6eb7e2da103d6d709f3d431c2ad909e26dfe5498e37b3b72cef51"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 34 (2021_22) — Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speech-language pathologists and audiologists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact"; to provide the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with the power to administer such compact in this state and to conduct national background checks for which applicants for licensure are required to submit fingerprints; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; 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 34/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201674.pdf)
2. **LC 36 4678S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198808.pdf)
3. **LC 36 4678S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198242.pdf)
4. **LC 41 2650/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195672.pdf)
5. **LC 41 2650/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195550.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **165–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-25** House Prefiled `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** House Hopper
- **2021-01-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Act 285 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1286b30e-16ea-4cc1-a3b0-fa81c6a9fbd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).