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type: "Bill"
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title: "Funeral Directors and Embalmers; reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license; change provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to change certain provisions related to the reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license; 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: "SB 205"
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citation: "Georgia SB 205 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Brandon Beach", "Carden Summers", "Frank Ginn", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Shelly Echols"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/022f98f6-be23-4e35-b6ac-5c925317ce7c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fb49d19bd60cc4e268e7acc00de48ac9d60b7cfdf63f385ef2e02b9006c0bed5"
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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 205 (2023_24) — Funeral Directors and Embalmers; reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license; change provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to change certain provisions related to the reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license; 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 5496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214979.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223527.pdf)
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3. **SB 205/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227376.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #689 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (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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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-23** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** Act 478 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** 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/022f98f6-be23-4e35-b6ac-5c925317ce7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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