republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-354.md

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Bill	Cosmetologists and Barbers; persons performing certain limited responsibilities; exempt from licensure	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cosmetologists and barbers, so as to exempt from licensure persons performing certain limited responsibilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters: to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 354	Georgia SB 354 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brian Strickland Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Randy Robertson Steve Gooch	5	16	3	2024-01-12	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/06322fa4-68d0-4cb0-9712-46855f2d707b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9da451edeef9a0838f5292b6f4758b6883a0e3498ca3e8b9c0439e0c0daebee3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 354 (2023_24) — Cosmetologists and Barbers; persons performing certain limited responsibilities; exempt from licensure

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cosmetologists and barbers, so as to exempt from licensure persons performing certain limited responsibilities; to provide for definitions; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 46 0689 (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 5870S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 5883S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 354/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #790 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 96–76 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #440 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 38–15 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #863 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 40–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-12 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-01-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Act 556 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06322fa4-68d0-4cb0-9712-46855f2d707b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).