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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Professional Counselors Licensure Compact Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to revise certain licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the \"Professional Counselors Licensure Compact\"; to authorize the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists to administer the compact in this state; to authorize the board to conduct national background checks; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 395"
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citation: "Georgia HB 395 (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", "Eddie Lumsden", "Heath Clark", "John Corbett", "Scott Holcomb"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-10"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8819ba90-58e5-4243-9d1f-95090fd63856"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d0bf74207c4c8aeec52a0e47fd002ba6e55a3a9a331f3b91a4fdf4f89b7e6189"
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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 395 (2021_22) — The Professional Counselors Licensure Compact Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to revise certain licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Professional Counselors Licensure Compact"; to authorize the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists to administer the compact in this state; to authorize the board to conduct national background checks; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 395/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201317.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4611/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197345.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 4679S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199061.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 4679S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198243.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **133–0** (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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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Heath Clark — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — 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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- **2021-02-10** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2021-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-23** 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 287 `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/8819ba90-58e5-4243-9d1f-95090fd63856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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