---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral directors and embalmers; reinstatement of lapsed license under certain conditions; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to provide for reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1193"
citation: "Georgia HB 1193 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Danny Mathis", "Matthew Gambill", "Patty Bentley", "Rick Williams", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baa2146d-eef5-4952-b30e-993bc4c958b0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "03bee25e534934ff7cf5b8d6ef21ac3b416fd7f744d3d8abf66bbc7a23d932c2"
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 1193 (2021_22) — Funeral directors and embalmers; reinstatement of lapsed license under certain conditions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to provide for reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 1193/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211167.pdf)
2. **LC 36 5078/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204955.pdf)
3. **LC 36 5121S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209194.pdf)
4. **LC 36 5121S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208069.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-02** House Hopper
- **2022-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Act 839 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baa2146d-eef5-4952-b30e-993bc4c958b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).