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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; revise provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 41 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to residential and commercial general contractors, so as to revise provisions relating to the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; to revise and clarify qualifications for licensure as a residential or commercial general contractor; to revise provisions relating to examination of applicants; to revise provisions relating to the refusal to grant a license, revocation of a license, or other disciplinary action of the board; 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 635"
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citation: "Georgia HB 635 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Holt Persinger", "Lehman Franklin", "Marcus Wiedower", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Clifton", "Spencer Frye"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deba0ec9-f3ca-47a5-b868-ad7564583c74"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1de71cd5288f33bbe454f82c308b21bcbe0d3c8aab5ddb00ebaeee2d97f32612"
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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 635 (2025_26) — State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; revise provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 41 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to residential and commercial general contractors, so as to revise provisions relating to the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; to revise and clarify qualifications for licensure as a residential or commercial general contractor; to revise provisions relating to examination of applicants; to revise provisions relating to the refusal to grant a license, revocation of a license, or other disciplinary action of the board; 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 635/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239066.pdf)
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2. **LC 55 0546/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233963.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #252 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #430 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
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- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Rob Clifton — primary (person)
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- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `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 `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** 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 91 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/deba0ec9-f3ca-47a5-b868-ad7564583c74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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