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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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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 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."
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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 485"
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citation: "Georgia SB 485 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Bo Hatchett", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Ed Setzler", "Frank Ginn", "Jason Anavitarte", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Max Burns", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-10"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27fb9638-c195-40a9-9772-32dffb6b0a57"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d19da03ec5429de77acb93be0868de717f7c87d3fd450b494dde5cff6ce59815"
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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 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
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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 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.
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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/20252026/245392.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 56 0563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242142.pdf)
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3. **LC 56 0672S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246138.pdf)
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4. **SB 485/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248127.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #747 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **121–46** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #665 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #856 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-10** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 514 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/27fb9638-c195-40a9-9772-32dffb6b0a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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