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type: "Bill"
title: "Barbers and Cosmetologists; provisions; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to barbers and cosmetologists, so as to change certain provisions relating to barbering and the occupation of a cosmetologist; to provide for and change certain definitions; to provide for licensing; to add hair relaxing and straightening to the scope of practice of certain occupations licensed by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers; to provide for regulation of shops, salons, and schools by local governments; to change certain provisions related to instruction to be provided to licensees; to revise certain provisions related to penalties and the unlicensed practice of occupations licensed by the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "Georgia SB 461 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aded00fe-ec38-4784-8766-617eb57b3da8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5576ee3c8892cccaafc8dcaa218d8ff13a970fd0abae7218658986a23d6e46d1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 461 (2017_18) — Barbers and Cosmetologists; provisions; change
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to barbers and cosmetologists, so as to change certain provisions relating to barbering and the occupation of a cosmetologist; to provide for and change certain definitions; to provide for licensing; to add hair relaxing and straightening to the scope of practice of certain occupations licensed by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers; to provide for regulation of shops, salons, and schools by local governments; to change certain provisions related to instruction to be provided to licensees; to revise certain provisions related to penalties and the unlicensed practice of occupations licensed by the board; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **521** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-21** Senate Hopper
- **2018-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 531 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aded00fe-ec38-4784-8766-617eb57b3da8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).