republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-195.md

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Bill	"Freedom to Work Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to repeal Code Section 43-1-34, relating to licenses for transitioning members of the armed forces, and Code Section 43-1-35, relating to expedited license by endorsement for spouses of active or transitioning members of the armed forces, and to enact statutes to facilitate licensure of transitioning service members, military spouses, and other qualified individuals who have certifications from or work experience in the military or licenses from or work experience in another state under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 195	Georgia SB 195 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Mike Dugan Tonya Anderson	10	19	4	2023-02-15	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/72abc253-42ec-4d90-9f6e-3a490ccbc42e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4bbcb863fa4c75abb671543ee185e4dff6ff528c62958f7f932aa720fdaac1cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 195 (2023_24) — "Freedom to Work Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to repeal Code Section 43-1-34, relating to licenses for transitioning members of the armed forces, and Code Section 43-1-35, relating to expedited license by endorsement for spouses of active or transitioning members of the armed forces, and to enact statutes to facilitate licensure of transitioning service members, military spouses, and other qualified individuals who have certifications from or work experience in the military or licenses from or work experience in another state under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; 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 52 0256 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 46 0588S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 4 LC 46 0933S (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1 AM 36 0965 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 1 AM 46 0251 (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor amend 2 AM 36 0967 (committee substitute) — source
8. Floor amend 3 AM 46 0253 (committee substitute) — source
9. LC 46 0655S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
10. SB 195/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #168 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #319 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #885 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 137–27 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #866 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-02 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Act 555 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72abc253-42ec-4d90-9f6e-3a490ccbc42e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).