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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Labor and industrial relations; workers' compensation benefits; change certain provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions related to workers' compensation benefits; to increase the compensation benefits for total disability and temporary partial disability; to increase the total compensation payable to a surviving spouse as a sole dependent at the time of death; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1409"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1409 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-22"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/462f28bd-c816-4163-a9f7-23ef87ef220a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e398f8db4caef756499f22abc02ee7276a79fd9d647e8646d14253021773422a"
+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 1409 (2021_22) — Labor and industrial relations; workers' compensation benefits; change certain provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions related to workers' compensation benefits; to increase the compensation benefits for total disability and temporary partial disability; to increase the total compensation payable to a surviving spouse as a sole dependent at the time of death; 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 1409/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212185.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 5168/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207188.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **158–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-22** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-02** Act 781 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/462f28bd-c816-4163-a9f7-23ef87ef220a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+