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type: "Bill"
title: "Counties, Municipal Corporations, and other Governmental Entities; regulation of businesses of persons under 18 years of age; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to prohibit the regulation of businesses of persons under 18 years of age; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Georgia SB 55 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas", "Elena Parent", "Gloria Butler", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Max Burns", "Nabilah Islam Parkes", "Sally Harrell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a95c93b-a1e3-4bd0-95ac-0926ef4bde65"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3e8c1ae4c569d8cb22a784bf2dece5a66952d508c25cc25c6630503fa9c8a31b"
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 55 (2023_24) — Counties, Municipal Corporations, and other Governmental Entities; regulation of businesses of persons under 18 years of age; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to prohibit the regulation of businesses of persons under 18 years of age; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 54 0126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213133.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216916.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 50 0543S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216656.pdf)
4. **LC 36 5569S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217808.pdf)
5. **SB 55/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218994.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #126 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **522** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #270 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **500** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #246 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **13930** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #245 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **15018** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Nabilah Islam Parkes — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-30** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 267 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a95c93b-a1e3-4bd0-95ac-0926ef4bde65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).