Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 26, 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, insurance, and professions and businesses;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 26, 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, insurance, and professions and businesses; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to firefighter standards and training; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Georgia Crime Information Center; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to first offenders; to amend Code Secti
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended · Apr 4, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 628 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
15
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Strickland, BrianBrass, MattAnavitarte, JasonCowsert, BillKirkpatrick, KayParent, ElenaJackson, KimTillery, BlakeAlbers, JohnSummers, CardenWatson, BenSetzler, EdBurns, MaxPayne, ChuckSmith, Tyler Paul
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-04-02 · yea 50, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 3
Agree to SAm to HSub As HAmHouse · 2026-03-31 · yea 160, nay 3, notVoting 8, excused 9
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDEDSenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 53, nay 0, notVoting 2, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 170, nay 0, notVoting 1, excused 9
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 55, nay 0, notVoting 1, excused 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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