---
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).