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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and Businesses; repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors and enact a new Chapter 14"
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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 repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors, and enact a new Chapter 14; to amend Code Section 48-7-38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to deduction for payments to classified subcontractors, disclosure of tax returns, and maintenance of list of classified subcontractors, so as to provide for a definition; 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: "SB 553"
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citation: "Georgia SB 553 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Drew Echols", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jason T. Dickerson", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch", "Steven McNeel", "Timothy Bearden"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-24"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b152381e-5317-4cda-b3ab-fda3a0f35814"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d2ffae7fe4a0bc4ef1b2dbeea6bf26985b00b7d861c59fa2630bf5f57d5c0c09"
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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 553 (2025_26) — Professions and Businesses; repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors and enact a new Chapter 14
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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 repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors, and enact a new Chapter 14; to amend Code Section 48-7-38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to deduction for payments to classified subcontractors, disclosure of tax returns, and maintenance of list of classified subcontractors, so as to provide for a definition; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245257.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 56 0629-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243676.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 56 0640-ECS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244513.pdf)
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4. **LC 56 0670-ECS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246228.pdf)
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5. **SB 553/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248131.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #642 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #864 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #724 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Steven McNeel — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 472 `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/b152381e-5317-4cda-b3ab-fda3a0f35814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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