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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; licensure of individuals in the practice of applied behavior analysis; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure of individuals in the practice of applied behavior analysis; to provide legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to create the Georgia Behavior Analyst Licensing Board; to provide for its membership and duties; to provide for licensing requirements; to provide for penalties; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for temporary licenses; to provide for reciprocity; 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 412"
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citation: "Georgia HB 412 (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: ["Alan Powell", "Karen Bennett", "Katie Dempsey", "Ron Stephens", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-11"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58773441-0397-4aea-9dff-c5859e532bd7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5f245aef1ff6954e0ab55b97ffdbec371fce17b82286fd495f41600df159c002"
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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 412 (2021_22) — Professions and businesses; licensure of individuals in the practice of applied behavior analysis; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure of individuals in the practice of applied behavior analysis; to provide legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to create the Georgia Behavior Analyst Licensing Board; to provide for its membership and duties; to provide for licensing requirements; to provide for penalties; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for temporary licenses; to provide for reciprocity; 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 412/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212228.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8468/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197462.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8873S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206011.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8873S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204777.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 9129S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210018.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **158–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-11** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** Act 811 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/58773441-0397-4aea-9dff-c5859e532bd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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