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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Auctioneers; relative to auctioneers and auction business; change certain provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to auctioneers, so as to change certain provisions relative to auctioneers and the auction business; to provide and change certain definitions applicable to the licensing of auctioneers and those engaged in the business of auctioning; to eliminate the authority for the Georgia Auctioneers Commission to issue apprentice auctioneer licenses and remove any references to such licenses; to provide for gender neutrality; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 1042"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1042 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Brooks Coleman", "Josh Clark", "Katie Dempsey", "Sam Teasley", "Sam Watson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-02-19"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f4bac9-ed46-4266-b761-ba49377008cf"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0d8588aad2eb2103d882e4c278e34765e88c7ded10af3ae26acc0ead9a2af89f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 1042 (2013_14) — Auctioneers; relative to auctioneers and auction business; change certain provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to auctioneers, so as to change certain provisions relative to auctioneers and the auction business; to provide and change certain definitions applicable to the licensing of auctioneers and those engaged in the business of auctioning; to eliminate the authority for the Georgia Auctioneers Commission to issue apprentice auctioneer licenses and remove any references to such licenses; to provide for gender neutrality; 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 1042/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144923.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 2503/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140418.pdf)
+3. **LC 36 2523S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141860.pdf)
+4. **LC 36 2523S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141389.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 2544S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143459.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **158–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Al Williams — primary (person)
+- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
+- Josh Clark — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-19** House Hopper
+- **2014-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Act 535 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f4bac9-ed46-4266-b761-ba49377008cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+