republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-553.md

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Bill	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	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 553	Georgia SB 553 (2025_26)	bill	PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES REVENUE AND TAXATION	enacted	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	5	16	3	2026-02-24	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b152381e-5317-4cda-b3ab-fda3a0f35814	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d2ffae7fe4a0bc4ef1b2dbeea6bf26985b00b7d861c59fa2630bf5f57d5c0c09	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

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

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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 56 0629-EC (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 56 0640-ECS (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 56 0670-ECS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 553/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #642 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #864 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #724 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Steven McNeel — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-24 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-19 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 472 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b152381e-5317-4cda-b3ab-fda3a0f35814. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).