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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and businesses; licensure to engage in trade; provisions"
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description: "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 revise provisions relating to licensure to engage in the practice of a profession, business, or trade in this state; to amend Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 579"
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citation: "Georgia HB 579 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES", "SOCIAL SERVICES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Prince", "Marcus Wiedower", "Matt Hatchett", "Matt Reeves", "Sandy Donatucci", "Tim Fleming"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37a923c-e7f8-4f09-8497-9b9417eef7a6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5a824616ba78df22bf7a1f6d87939d49d1ccaf2e41ac29031c74335b5281b6aa"
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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 579 (2025_26) — Professions and businesses; licensure to engage in trade; provisions
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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 revise provisions relating to licensure to engage in the practice of a profession, business, or trade in this state; to amend Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for an effective date; 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 579/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237760.pdf)
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2. **LC 55 0529/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233489.pdf)
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3. **LC 55 0559S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234259.pdf)
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4. **LC 55 0580S/RCS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235448.pdf)
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5. **LC 55 0580S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235311.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #201 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #306 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
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- Tim Fleming — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-09** Act 89 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/b37a923c-e7f8-4f09-8497-9b9417eef7a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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