Georgia House Bill 1186 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on May 9 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-05-09 - Effective Date 2022-07-01
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 44 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state speech-language pathology and audiology licensing, so as to allow persons who are not licensed audiologists to use otoacoustic emissions or auditory brainstem response technology as part of a screening process for the initial identification of communication disorders in individuals up to age 22, subject to certain conditions; to provide for compliance with certain notifiable disease reporting requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; revise licensing provisions

Rep. Penny Houston [R]	Rep. Matt Dubnik [R]	Rep. Chris Erwin [R]	Rep. Sharon Cooper [R]
Rep. Jodi Lott [R]	Rep. Martin Momtahan [R]	Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick [R]

2022-04-04 - Senate - Passage: Senate Vote #851 (Y: 53 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-24 - House - Passage: House Vote #563 (Y: 156 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 20) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-05-09		Effective Date 2022-07-01
2022-05-09		Act 838
2022-05-09	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2022-04-06	House	House Sent to Governor
2022-04-04	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2022-04-04	Senate	Senate Third Read
2022-04-04	Senate	Senate Taken from Table
2022-04-01	Senate	Senate Tabled
2022-03-18	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2022-03-17	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2022-02-28	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2022-02-24	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2022-02-24	House	House Third Readers
2022-02-17	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2022-02-07	House	House Second Readers
2022-02-03	House	House First Readers
2022-02-02	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/61685
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/204933
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/206856
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/207574
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/212179
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/61685#19204
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/61685#19877