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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and Businesses; grounds for refusing to grant or revoking a license; revise"
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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 relative to professions and businesses, so as to revise the grounds for refusing to grant or revoking a license; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 114"
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citation: "Georgia SB 114 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Brian Strickland", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-09"
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last_action: "2021-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ee6d9aa-f53c-4543-b5ec-6652b2cca790"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6e0f1fa9a3767443f07ad714b6eba40cc1cb94350be2b0c7eb87601392e9ad05"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 114 (2021_22) — Professions and Businesses; grounds for refusing to grant or revoking a license; revise
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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 relative to professions and businesses, so as to revise the grounds for refusing to grant or revoking a license; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 36 4607** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197094.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199206.pdf)
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3. **SB 114/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201135.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 208 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ee6d9aa-f53c-4543-b5ec-6652b2cca790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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