republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-27.md

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Bill	Professional Licenses; extend the time a member of the military has to qualify for the issuance of a license; electrical contractor, plumber;	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-14-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain military certifications that entitle persons to obtain certain professional licenses, so as to extend the time a member of the military has to qualify for the issuance of a license or certification as an electrical contractor, plumber, conditioned air contractor, low-voltage contractor, or utility contractor using his or her military specialty or certification; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 27	Georgia SB 27 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Ed Harbison Emanuel Jones Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Nikki Merritt Steve Gooch Tonya Anderson Tyler Harper	3	15	1	2021-01-27	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/696ab8e1-516c-4c10-884a-1dcf59f94063	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ad24e9dbed9fe471c360165ab0576b80354c82be766e736092e85da5739e8c13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 27 (2021_22) — Professional Licenses; extend the time a member of the military has to qualify for the issuance of a license; electrical contractor, plumber;

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-14-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain military certifications that entitle persons to obtain certain professional licenses, so as to extend the time a member of the military has to qualify for the issuance of a license or certification as an electrical contractor, plumber, conditioned air contractor, low-voltage contractor, or utility contractor using his or her military specialty or certification; 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. As introduced LC 36 4475 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 27/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-27 Senate Hopper
• 2021-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 206 executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/696ab8e1-516c-4c10-884a-1dcf59f94063. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).