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2025-2026 Regular Session

SB437

State Building, Plumbing, and Electrical Codes; acknowledgement of an applicant's use of a private professional provider to conduct a plan review or inspection; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state building, plumbing, and electrical codes, so as to provide for acknowledgment of an applicant's use of a private professional provider to conduct a plan review or inspection and that such review or inspection may proceed regardless of whether the local governing authority had performed its own plan review or inspection; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition
Pending: House
Last status date
March 31, 2026
Last status update
House Postponed
Author
Clint Dixon
Co-sponsors
Randy RobertsonShawn StillRuss GoodmanSam WatsonVictor Anderson

Legislative progress

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Senate committee substitute February 10, 2026 Senate committee reassignment February 17, 2026 Senate committee substitute February 19, 2026 House committee substitute March 27, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 3, 2026 · Senate

Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #604

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

52 yea–1 nay · 2 absent

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Committee referrals

January 29, 2026 · Senate

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Instrument history

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  1. House House Postponed
  2. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  3. House House Second Readers
  4. House House First Readers
  5. Senate Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
  6. Senate Senate Third Read
  7. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  8. Senate Senate Recommitted
  9. Senate Senate Read Second Time
  10. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  11. Senate Senate Read and Referred
  12. Senate Senate Hopper
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2100278
LegiScan session ID
2167
Source file
var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB437.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00