republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-880.md

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Bill	Professions and businesses; military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state; allow	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-1-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for transitioning members of the armed forces, so as to allow military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state to obtain employment in this state; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 880	Georgia HB 880 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bethany Ballard Brian Prince James Burchett Josh Bonner Shaw Blackmon Steven Sainz	5	16	3	2024-01-09	2025-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c08fb780-6ad2-46f4-b415-0ce7d037f467	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	34d2840fb7c69af1dc18017bdeef0d76d0111b342c62aff8ea400303915a8169	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 880 (2023_24) — Professions and businesses; military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-1-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for transitioning members of the armed forces, so as to allow military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state to obtain employment in this state; 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 880/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 5783S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 5783S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 46 0699/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 36 0978 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #563 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #663 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #744 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 158–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
• Brian Prince — primary (person)
• James Burchett — primary (person)
• Josh Bonner — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
• Steven Sainz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-14 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2024-03-21 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Act 485 executive-signature
• 2025-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c08fb780-6ad2-46f4-b415-0ce7d037f467. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).