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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and businesses; education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy; revise provisions"
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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 revise provisions relating to education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 76"
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citation: "Georgia HB 76 (2023_24)"
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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", "Debbie Buckner", "Ginny Ehrhart", "Karen Bennett", "Lee Hawkins", "Mary Oliver"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ec50f53-e125-4392-8bb2-6f6d68a308b8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6ea7049178bf4e7f84959b89742cddb5f5fb3aeab64bbbc04a021c5c3808af5a"
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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 76 (2023_24) — Professions and businesses; education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy; revise provisions
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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 revise provisions relating to education, experience, and training requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy; 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. **Amend 1 AM 52 0020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219173.pdf)
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2. **HB 76/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220459.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 9231/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212786.pdf)
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4. **SCSFA to HB 76** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219329.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 5559S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217516.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219183.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #376 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **128–31** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #275 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–4** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #276 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #35 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 57 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** 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/1ec50f53-e125-4392-8bb2-6f6d68a308b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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