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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021; enact"
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description: "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."
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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 476"
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citation: "Georgia HB 476 (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", "Brad Thomas", "Dale Washburn", "David Knight", "Trey Kelley"]
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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: "2021-02-16"
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last_action: "2022-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83ab6bbc-b2f0-41db-ab8c-251555ddee20"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e3d25c3a8b5f13fb896a92a4ce3532cab550bc05158106d8bad635720671e0b5"
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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 476 (2021_22) — Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021; enact
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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.
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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 476/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210779.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4664/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197753.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 4701S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199152.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 4701S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198581.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
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- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-16** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-10** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-09** Act 835 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-09** 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/83ab6bbc-b2f0-41db-ab8c-251555ddee20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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