republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-39.md

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Bill	Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act; enter into an interstate compact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act"; to authorize the State Board of Physical Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide definitions; to provide for criminal history records checks for licensing purposes; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 39	Georgia HB 39 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Al Williams Bill Hitchens Brian Prince Dave Belton David Clark Shaw Blackmon	5	18	1	2019-01-17	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/49e03070-bf12-47a9-be95-1a766be42269	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	38ed48595b54dbd2d7a51e6a57546d40147e1328e03acbf463c78f94e870d062	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 39 (2019_20) — Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act; enter into an interstate compact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise licensing provisions; to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act"; to authorize the State Board of Physical Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide definitions; to provide for criminal history records checks for licensing purposes; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; 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 39/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 1686/a (committee substitute) — source
3. SCSFA to HB 39 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen ctee sub LC 46 0157S (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0449 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 154–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Al Williams — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Brian Prince — primary (person)
• Dave Belton — primary (person)
• David Clark — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-01-17 House Hopper
• 2019-01-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-01-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-02-08 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-21 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-01 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-23 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-23 Act 37 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49e03070-bf12-47a9-be95-1a766be42269. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).