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type: "Bill"
title: "Cosmetologists and Barbers; persons performing certain limited responsibilities; exempt from licensure"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cosmetologists and barbers, so as to exempt from licensure persons performing certain limited responsibilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters: to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "Georgia SB 354 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Jason Anavitarte", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson", "Larry Walker, III", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06322fa4-68d0-4cb0-9712-46855f2d707b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9da451edeef9a0838f5292b6f4758b6883a0e3498ca3e8b9c0439e0c0daebee3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 354 (2023_24) — Cosmetologists and Barbers; persons performing certain limited responsibilities; exempt from licensure
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cosmetologists and barbers, so as to exempt from licensure persons performing certain limited responsibilities; to provide for definitions; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222242.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 46 0689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221168.pdf)
3. **LC 36 5870S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228114.pdf)
4. **LC 36 5883S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228717.pdf)
5. **SB 354/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229667.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #790 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **96–76** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #440 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **38–15** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #863 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **40–11** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-12** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House 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 556 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06322fa4-68d0-4cb0-9712-46855f2d707b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).