---
type: "Bill"
title: "Second Chance Workforce Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for issuance of certificates by a court for purposes of demonstrating rehabilitation and good moral character;to amend Code Section 24-4-419 of the O.C.G.A., relating to admissibility of criminal history record information of an employee or former employee; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses; to amend Code Section 44-5-150 of the O.C.G.A., relating to search and notification for information identifying anatomical gift donor status; to amend Code Section 51-1-54 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to presumption of due care in hiring of person pardoned or who has obtained a Program and Treatment Completion Certificate; to provide a short title; 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: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 926"
citation: "Georgia HB 926 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Farooq Mughal", "Gerald Greene", "Matt Reeves", "Mesha Mainor", "Scott Hilton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d163c48e-e01f-403d-8fed-b44504372905"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2dd70314224417f3e2240ae45257952ae94a9b6582176b2d1d7a6c418d6fc04f"
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 926 (2023_24) — Second Chance Workforce Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for issuance of certificates by a court for purposes of demonstrating rehabilitation and good moral character;to amend Code Section 24-4-419 of the O.C.G.A., relating to admissibility of criminal history record information of an employee or former employee; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses; to amend Code Section 44-5-150 of the O.C.G.A., relating to search and notification for information identifying anatomical gift donor status; to amend Code Section 51-1-54 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to presumption of due care in hiring of person pardoned or who has obtained a Program and Treatment Completion Certificate; to provide a short title; 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 926/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229535.pdf)
2. **LC 39 4039/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221094.pdf)
3. **LC 48 1251S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226021.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1251S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225750.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 926** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229377.pdf)
6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 48 1298S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227845.pdf)
7. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228832.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 39 0417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228877.pdf)
9. **Sen floor amend 4 AM 33 2085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229363.pdf)
10. **Senate Floor Amend 3 AM 49 0193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229228.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #880 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **155–10** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #588 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **159–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #871 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Mesha Mainor — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-02** Act 550 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d163c48e-e01f-403d-8fed-b44504372905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).