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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional Licenses; extend the time a member of the military has to qualify for the issuance of a license; electrical contractor, plumber;"
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description: "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."
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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 27"
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citation: "Georgia SB 27 (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", "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"]
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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: "2021-01-27"
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last_action: "2021-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/696ab8e1-516c-4c10-884a-1dcf59f94063"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ad24e9dbed9fe471c360165ab0576b80354c82be766e736092e85da5739e8c13"
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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 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;
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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.
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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 4475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196029.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197673.pdf)
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3. **SB 27/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202158.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **49–0** (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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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — 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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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — 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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- Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — 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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- **2021-01-27** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** 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 206 `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/696ab8e1-516c-4c10-884a-1dcf59f94063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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