republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-3.md

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Bill	"Reducing Barriers to State Employment Act of 2023"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to organization of executive branch generally, so as to require state departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, commissions, public corporations, and authorities to assess educational, experiential, and training requirements for positions of employment; to identify positions of employment for which such requirements can be reduced; to require efforts to reduce the number of positions for which a four-year college degree is required; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 3	Georgia SB 3 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Ed Setzler Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Mike Dugan Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	5	15	2	2023-01-11	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/6dbfcf48-de6c-4751-ac37-d29d6ac03b36	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3843b77ce8bee8c11f7fdb3838d1ac871d69570db42840f304922bbdea77ef4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 3 (2023_24) — "Reducing Barriers to State Employment Act of 2023"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to organization of executive branch generally, so as to require state departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, commissions, public corporations, and authorities to assess educational, experiential, and training requirements for positions of employment; to identify positions of employment for which such requirements can be reduced; to require efforts to reduce the number of positions for which a four-year college degree is required; to provide for a short title; 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. As introduced LC 44 2160 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 44 2220S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 3/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #30 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #231 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-08 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-09 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-09 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-09 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-14 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-14 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-27 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-27 Act 53 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6dbfcf48-de6c-4751-ac37-d29d6ac03b36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).