State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; revise provisions
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Signed May 9, 2025
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The bill was amended to reflect its passage through both the House and Senate, updating the document title and version identifier from LC 55 0546 to LC 55 0546/AP to indicate it has been approved by both legislative chambers. This is a procedural update confirming the bill's progression through the legislative process rather than a substantive policy change.
TECHNICAL
Updated document header to show bill status as 'AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE' and changed version identifier from LC 55 0546 to LC 55 0546/AP to reflect legislative progression.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 2, 2025 · House Mar 6, 2025
How they voted
51–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 55
Apr 2, 2025
D
Democratic22
95% Yea
R
Republican33
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 9, 2025
Signed into law
Act 91
upper
May 9, 2025
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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