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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 818"
+citation: "Georgia HB 818 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bob Bryant", "Chad Nimmer", "Jason Shaw", "Richard Smith", "Terry England"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-22"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96d964d2-894c-4a2a-a964-d5281546114e"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "84143d7ce83e880f6fb44e7ee53e9272401caf2dba32e4d2d9868b282727be2f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 818 (2015_16) — Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 818/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162451.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 2862/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155289.pdf)
+3. **Sen floor Amend 2 AM 28 1517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161886.pdf)
+4. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161860.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
+- Richard Smith — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-22** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 402 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96d964d2-894c-4a2a-a964-d5281546114e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+