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Bill Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 26, 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, insurance, and professions and businesses; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to firefighter standards and training; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Georgia Crime Information Center; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to first offenders; to amend Code Section 17-10-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vacating of sentence for trafficking victim defendants; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 SB 207 Georgia SB 207 (2025_26)
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EDUCATION
FOOD
DRUGS
AND COSMETICS
HEALTH
INSURANCE
PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
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Ben Watson
Bill Cowsert
Blake Tillery
Brian Strickland
Carden Summers
Chuck Payne
Ed Setzler
Elena Parent
Jason Anavitarte
John Albers
Kay Kirkpatrick
Kim Jackson
Matt Brass
Max Burns
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Georgia SB 207 (2025_26) — Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 26, 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, insurance, and professions and businesses; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to firefighter standards and training; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Georgia Crime Information Center; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to first offenders; to amend Code Section 17-10-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vacating of sentence for trafficking victim defendants; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; 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 49 2185 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. Floor Amendment AM 64 0009 (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 59 0181S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB 207/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen Floor amend 1 AM 49 0279 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #829 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1603 (pass) · lower
  • House Vote #433 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1700 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #178 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 550 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #946 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 500 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #488 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 530 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Blake Tillery — primary (person)
  • Brian Strickland — primary (person)
  • Carden Summers — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Ed Setzler — primary (person)
  • Elena Parent — primary (person)
  • Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Kim Jackson — primary (person)
  • Matt Brass — primary (person)
  • Max Burns — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2025-02-19 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2025-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-04 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-04-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2025-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
  • 2026-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
  • 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-12 Act 628 executive-signature
  • 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/745df409-2b68-4c56-8901-c3058e512e27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).