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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements"
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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 decouple the sequential order of experience and examination 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 125"
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citation: "Georgia SB 125 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Ed Setzler", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Sheikh Rahman", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-06"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f875c7cb-6343-46e2-9932-c3550a23a8fd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "04e83e39f19c8257cdf0a8a2df3cab8b88f5db7ad42c07ab7fd6f7b718b3b1df"
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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 SB 125 (2025_26) — Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements
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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 decouple the sequential order of experience and examination 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233603.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 46 9001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231719.pdf)
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3. **LC 55 0644S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238578.pdf)
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4. **SB 125/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239595.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #385 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **104–61** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #470 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **37–14** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #87 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-09** Act 93 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/f875c7cb-6343-46e2-9932-c3550a23a8fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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