GA SB 437

died on adjournment

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

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 437 pass?

No. GA SB 437 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-31): House Postponed

What is GA SB 437 about?

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.

Who sponsors GA SB 437?

Clint Dixon, Randy Robertson, Shawn Still and 2 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 437.

Description

Introduced: 2026-01-28
Latest action: 2026-03-31 — House Postponed
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-28
Senate Hopper
introduction
2026-01-29
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
2026-02-10
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-11
Senate Read Second Time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Senate Recommitted
referral-committee
2026-02-19
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-03
Senate Third Read
reading-3
2026-03-03
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage
2026-03-04
House First Readers
reading-1
2026-03-06
House Second Readers
reading-2
2026-03-27
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-31
House Postponed

Versions

Committee Sub LC 62 0371SCompare
As introduced LC 62 0293Compare
Committee Sub LC 62 0411SCompare
As Passed SenateCompare
LC 47 4315S/hssCompare

Documents

Votes

Senate Vote #604 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2026-03-03 · pass · 52-1
Member-level votes (53)
- ALBERS: yes
- ANAVITARTE: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- BEARDEN: yes
- BRASS: yes
- BURNS: yes
- COWSERT: yes
- DAVENPORT: yes
- DICKERSON: yes
- DIXON: yes
- DOLEZAL: yes
- ECHOLS: yes
- GINN: yes
- GOOCH: yes
- GOODMAN: yes
- HALPERN: other
- HARBIN: yes
- HARBISON: yes
- HARRELL: yes
- HATCHETT: yes
- HICKMAN: yes
- HODGES: yes
- HOWARD: yes
- HUFSTETLER: yes
- JACKSON: yes
- JAMES: yes
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: yes
- KEMP: yes
- KIRKPATRICK: yes
- LUCAS: yes
- MALLOW: yes
- MANGHAM: yes
- MCLAURIN: other
- MCNEEL: yes
- MERRITT: yes
- ORROCK: yes
- PARENT: yes
- PARKES: yes
- PAYNE: yes
- RAHMAN: yes
- RHETT: yes
- ROBERTSON: yes
- SETZLER: no
- SIMS: yes
- STILL: yes
- STRICKLAND: yes
- SUMMERS: yes
- TILLERY: yes
- WALKER, III: yes
- WATSON: yes
- WICKS: yes
- WILLIAMS: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72582

Attribution

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