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Panel amends and advances bill requiring online tracking of continuing education for licensed professionals

2236496 · February 5, 2025
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Summary

A House committee amended and approved House Bill 34, which would require licensed professionals to use a secretary of state–managed online system to track continuing education and renew licenses; the panel removed the term “hardship” from a waiver provision after debate.

Rep. Washburn presented House Bill 34 to the Committee on Regulated Industries, proposing statutory authority for an online continuing-education (CE) tracking solution and a requirement that licensees use that system to document CE needed for license renewal.

The bill’s sponsor and staff said the system would replace manual audits by the Secretary of State’s office and let analysts focus on issuing licenses. Gabe, a representative of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, told the committee that the statutory change “frees up resources and allows our analysts to do the work they need to do to get licenses issued.” He said current audits are manual and limited to about 1–3%…

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