republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-503.md

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Bill	Residential and General Contractors; the general contractor license as a commercial general contractor license; rename	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to amend Chapter 41, relating to residential and general contractors; to rename the general contractor license as a commercial general contractor license and to make conforming amendments throughout; to change certain provisions relating to the membership, qualifications, terms, and meetings of the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 503	Georgia SB 503 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Carden Summers Ed Harbison Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal John Albers Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett	3	15	2	2024-02-15	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/365a8ab1-99a8-4ebc-a366-76ec3ca82251	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	34e0d85faf991d86bc84b2c9fcbb5cd69d60ef3d613999d19fdc2f1c62511fe6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 503 (2023_24) — Residential and General Contractors; the general contractor license as a commercial general contractor license; rename

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to amend Chapter 41, relating to residential and general contractors; to rename the general contractor license as a commercial general contractor license and to make conforming amendments throughout; to change certain provisions relating to the membership, qualifications, terms, and meetings of the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors; 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 36 5753 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 503/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #585 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #750 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 149–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-03 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 583 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/365a8ab1-99a8-4ebc-a366-76ec3ca82251. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).