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type: "Bill"
title: "Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education compacts, so as to enter into the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the provisions of the compact; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Georgia HB 81 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Chris Erwin", "Holt Persinger", "Matt Dubnik", "Matthew Gambill", "Rick Townsend"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85f32875-4d59-4229-868f-3d3c91622275"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5b949935893da58b7d26a5ac65ba4b0d3ead1ad61579f5ef004c7d684e440bf5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 81 (2025_26) — Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education compacts, so as to enter into the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the provisions of the compact; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 81/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236191.pdf)
2. **LC 61 0036/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230065.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #35 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #232 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–2** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-16** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Act 12 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85f32875-4d59-4229-868f-3d3c91622275`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).