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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Professions and businesses; verification of competency for registered professional nursing licenses; revise a provision"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-26-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to renewal, surrender, and restoration of registered professional nursing licenses and continuing competency requirements, so as to revise a provision regarding verification of competency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 493"
+citation: "Georgia HB 493 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark Newton", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Hatchett"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-21"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fae4a7b-2f34-49fc-a688-f183d287ed0b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "cc82e3c5e81c0a046390ef7c5fbabd44ac58b54f6de76937ac5e188190ebc564"
+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 493 (2023_24) — Professions and businesses; verification of competency for registered professional nursing licenses; revise a provision
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-26-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to renewal, surrender, and restoration of registered professional nursing licenses and continuing competency requirements, so as to revise a provision regarding verification of competency; 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 493/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218637.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 9401/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215270.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #245 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #173 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **175–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark Newton — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-02** Act 225 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fae4a7b-2f34-49fc-a688-f183d287ed0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+