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SB125Introduced in the Senate

Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements

Passed

Introduced by Larry Walker, District 20

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official 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.

Where it stands

Effective Date 2025-07-01

May 9, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #470 · April 4, 2025

37

Yes

14

No

5

Absent or Not Voting

56 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Ben Watson1Yes
Derek Mallow2No
Mike Hodges3Yes
Billy Hickman4Yes
Sheikh Rahman5Yes
Matt Brass6Yes
Nabilah Islam Parkes7No
Russ Goodman8Yes
Nikki Merritt9Absent
Emanuel Jones10Yes

Bill history

  1. Senate Hopper

  2. Senate Read and Referred

  3. Senate Committee Favorably Reported

  4. Senate Read Second Time

  5. Senate Third Read

  6. Senate Passed/Adopted

  7. House First Readers

  8. House Second Readers

  9. House Committee Favorably Reported

  10. House Withdrawn, Recommitted

  11. House Third Readers

  12. House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

  13. Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub

  14. Senate Sent to Governor

  15. Senate Date Signed by Governor

  16. Act 93

  17. Effective Date 2025-07-01

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