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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 926	Georgia HB 926 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Deborah Silcox Farooq Mughal Gerald Greene Matt Reeves Mesha Mainor Scott Hilton	10	18	3	2024-01-11	2024-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/d163c48e-e01f-403d-8fed-b44504372905	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2dd70314224417f3e2240ae45257952ae94a9b6582176b2d1d7a6c418d6fc04f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. LC 39 4039/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1251S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1251S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 926 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee sub LC 48 1298S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0411 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 2 AM 39 0417 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 4 AM 33 2085 (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Floor Amend 3 AM 49 0193 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/d163c48e-e01f-403d-8fed-b44504372905. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).