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Georgia · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 437: 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

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 437 is a bill introduced in the Georgia Senate on January 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Clint Dixon (Republican), Randy Robertson (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican), Russ Goodman (Republican), Sam Watson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 31, 2026): House Postponed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clint DixonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate45
Randy RobertsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Shawn StillPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate48
Russ GoodmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Sam WatsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. House Postponed
  2. House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  3. House Second Readers
  4. House First Readers
  5. Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
  6. Senate Third Read
  7. Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  8. Senate Recommitted
  9. Senate Read Second Time
  10. Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  11. Senate Read and Referred
  12. Senate Hopper

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source