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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 207"
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citation: "Georgia SB 207 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "FOOD", "DRUGS", "AND COSMETICS", "HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/745df409-2b68-4c56-8901-c3058e512e27"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1226ec9efb65c37bb4273f3281244454d25aabd29f4b7312425658a9677c5f7f"
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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 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
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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.
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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. **As Introduced LC 49 2185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232899.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235507.pdf)
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3. **Floor Amendment AM 64 0009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248495.pdf)
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4. **LC 59 0181S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239166.pdf)
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5. **SB 207/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249067.pdf)
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6. **Sen Floor amend 1 AM 49 0279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239272.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #829 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–3** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #433 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #178 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #946 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #488 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2026-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 628 `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/745df409-2b68-4c56-8901-c3058e512e27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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