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type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and businesses; expedited licenses for military spouses; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of professions and businesses, so as to change certain provisions relating to expedited license by endorsement for military spouses; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 884"
citation: "Georgia HB 884 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Dave Belton", "Josh Bonner", "Randy Nix", "Scott Holcomb"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec80fa1b-b060-4126-a6a0-031e0df79d06"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6118ac567e948ca34c37ef8bfba88c75a8557ca7bb7ff953ed377a40534bb896"
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 HB 884 (2021_22) — Professions and businesses; expedited licenses for military spouses; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of professions and businesses, so as to change certain provisions relating to expedited license by endorsement for military spouses; 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 884/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211742.pdf)
2. **LC 36 4966/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203305.pdf)
3. **LC 36 5222S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208877.pdf)
4. **LC 36 5222S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208068.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211029.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** House Hopper
- **2022-01-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-01-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2022-04-01** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Act 644 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec80fa1b-b060-4126-a6a0-031e0df79d06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).