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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional counselors; licensing requirements; change certain definitions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing provisions regarding professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to change certain definitions; to provide for an additional member to the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists; to change the licensing requirement and exceptions; to change the eligibility for licensure requirements; to remove the ability of the board to issue a license without examination; to change the requirement for licensure in professional counseling; to eliminate certain continuing education requirements; 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 972"
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citation: "Georgia HB 972 (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", "Dave Belton", "J Collins", "Mack Jackson", "Matthew Gambill", "Patty Bentley"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-24"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/214f11a8-621d-40c5-9937-b8908a405558"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f0010d8007cd806c3e0f524f2b0670252787043f98fff5586d4732881c964509"
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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 972 (2021_22) — Professional counselors; licensing requirements; change certain definitions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing provisions regarding professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to change certain definitions; to provide for an additional member to the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists; to change the licensing requirement and exceptions; to change the eligibility for licensure requirements; to remove the ability of the board to issue a license without examination; to change the requirement for licensure in professional counseling; to eliminate certain continuing education requirements; 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 972/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212222.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4991/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203652.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 5255S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209533.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 5255S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208755.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 5288S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210253.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- J Collins — primary (person)
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- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-24** House Hopper
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- **2022-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-08** 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 813 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/214f11a8-621d-40c5-9937-b8908a405558`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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