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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and businesses; military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state; allow"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-1-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for transitioning members of the armed forces, so as to allow military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state to obtain employment in this state; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 880"
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citation: "Georgia HB 880 (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: ["Bethany Ballard", "Brian Prince", "James Burchett", "Josh Bonner", "Shaw Blackmon", "Steven Sainz"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08fb780-6ad2-46f4-b415-0ce7d037f467"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "34d2840fb7c69af1dc18017bdeef0d76d0111b342c62aff8ea400303915a8169"
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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 880 (2023_24) — Professions and businesses; military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state; allow
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-1-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for transitioning members of the armed forces, so as to allow military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state to obtain employment in this state; 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. **HB 880/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228442.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 5783S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225783.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 5783S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224520.pdf)
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4. **LC 46 0699/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220922.pdf)
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5. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 36 0978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227343.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #563 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #663 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #744 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- James Burchett — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2024-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-24** Act 485 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-01-01** 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/c08fb780-6ad2-46f4-b415-0ce7d037f467`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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