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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Workforce Development Board; publish a High-demand Career List most critical to the state's current and future workforce needs; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Workforce Development Board, so as to require the State Workforce Development Board to develop, approve, and annually publish a High-demand Career List identifying those careers most critical to the state's current and future workforce needs; to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide for conforming changes; to require the Office of Student Achievement to work in consultation with the State Workforce Development Board to audit and report on the effectiveness of employment, wage attainment, and retention of students in programs that align with the High-demand Career List; 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 982"
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citation: "Georgia HB 982 (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: ["Charles Martin", "Chris Erwin", "Farooq Mughal", "Matt Dubnik", "Matthew Gambill", "Soo Hong"]
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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: "2024-01-22"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/930fd417-e558-4615-b365-9f741d6ac6cf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2eb275f9dafbcdd5c8adc9b5ed136f2d31888f7593ef6c74632b1e9f78900493"
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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 982 (2023_24) — State Workforce Development Board; publish a High-demand Career List most critical to the state's current and future workforce needs; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Workforce Development Board, so as to require the State Workforce Development Board to develop, approve, and annually publish a High-demand Career List identifying those careers most critical to the state's current and future workforce needs; to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide for conforming changes; to require the Office of Student Achievement to work in consultation with the State Workforce Development Board to audit and report on the effectiveness of employment, wage attainment, and retention of students in programs that align with the High-demand Career List; 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 982/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227066.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 1609-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221406.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #449 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #650 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Martin — primary (person)
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Soo Hong — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-02** Act 554 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/930fd417-e558-4615-b365-9f741d6ac6cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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