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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and businesses; verification of competency for registered professional nursing licenses; revise a provision"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-26-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to renewal, surrender, and restoration of registered professional nursing licenses and continuing competency requirements, so as to revise a provision regarding verification of competency; to provide for related matters; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 493"
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citation: "Georgia HB 493 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark Newton", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Hatchett"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-21"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fae4a7b-2f34-49fc-a688-f183d287ed0b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cc82e3c5e81c0a046390ef7c5fbabd44ac58b54f6de76937ac5e188190ebc564"
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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 HB 493 (2023_24) — Professions and businesses; verification of competency for registered professional nursing licenses; revise a provision
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-26-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to renewal, surrender, and restoration of registered professional nursing licenses and continuing competency requirements, so as to revise a provision regarding verification of competency; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 493/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218637.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 9401/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215270.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #245 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #173 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **175–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** Act 225 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/8fae4a7b-2f34-49fc-a688-f183d287ed0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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