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| Bill | Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021; enact | 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 that the Georgia Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board is an independent state agency attached to the Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the powers and duties of the board; to authorize the board to employ an executive director; to provide for the powers and duties of the executive director; to revise provisions for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 476 | Georgia HB 476 (2021_22) |
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4 | 17 | 1 | 2021-02-16 | 2022-05-09 | openstates | ocd-bill/83ab6bbc-b2f0-41db-ab8c-251555ddee20 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | e3d25c3a8b5f13fb896a92a4ce3532cab550bc05158106d8bad635720671e0b5 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 476 (2021_22) — Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021; enact
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 that the Georgia Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board is an independent state agency attached to the Secretary of State for administrative purposes only; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the powers and duties of the board; to authorize the board to employ an executive director; to provide for the powers and duties of the executive director; to revise provisions for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 476/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 36 4664/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 36 4701S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 36 4701S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 163–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-16 House Hopper
- 2021-02-17 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-18 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-01 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-03-01 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-16 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-01-10 Senate Recommitted
referral-committee - 2022-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-09 Act 835
executive-signature - 2022-05-09 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83ab6bbc-b2f0-41db-ab8c-251555ddee20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).