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| Bill | Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize | 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 examination regarding professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to authorize applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 485 | Georgia SB 485 (2025_26) |
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Georgia SB 485 (2025_26) — Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize
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 examination regarding professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to authorize applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; 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.
- As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- As introduced LC 56 0563 (committee substitute) — source
- LC 56 0672S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB 485/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House Vote #747 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 121–46 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #665 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #856 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-10 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2026-02-11 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-19 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2026-03-06 Senate Tabled
- 2026-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
- 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2026-03-09 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2026-03-10 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-23 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-11 Act 514
executive-signature - 2026-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27fb9638-c195-40a9-9772-32dffb6b0a57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).