Funeral Directors and Embalmers; reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license; change provisions
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to change certain provisions related to the reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Feb 16, 2023
Signed Apr 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2024 · House Mar 13, 2024
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Feb 8, 2024
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Apr 23, 2024
Signed into law
Act 478
upper
Apr 23, 2024
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Jan 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 21, 2023
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
18 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Watson
RRepublican
P
Bill Cowsert
RRepublican
P
Billy Hickman
RRepublican
P
Brandon Beach
RRepublican
P
Carden Summers
RRepublican
P
Frank Ginn
RRepublican
P
John Albers
RRepublican
P
John Kennedy
RRepublican
P
Kay Kirkpatrick
RRepublican
P
Larry Walker
RRepublican
P
Lee Anderson
RRepublican
P
Max Burns
RRepublican
P
Mike Dugan
RRepublican
P
Mike Hodges
RRepublican
P
Randy Robertson
RRepublican
P
Rick Williams
RRepublican
P
Russ Goodman
RRepublican
P
Shelly Echols
RRepublican
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