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+type: "Bill"
+title: "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 change provisions relating to surviving spouse dependency determination and termination; 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 provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 480"
+citation: "Georgia HB 480 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Dewey McClain", "Doreen Carter", "Lehman Franklin", "Mandisha Thomas", "Sam Park"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc549f61-88cc-436b-8ea5-9f010c7754bd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e05dcbad1765f1ff612d207cfe5f8f17c74387fbe84df8687f959d08cf6c22a1"
+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 480 (2023_24) — 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 change provisions relating to surviving spouse dependency determination and termination; 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 provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 480/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219874.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 5495/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215079.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #330 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–3** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #87 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **154–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
+- Dewey McClain — primary (person)
+- Doreen Carter — primary (person)
+- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
+- Mandisha Thomas — primary (person)
+- Sam Park — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-23** Senate Tabled
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-02** Act 259 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc549f61-88cc-436b-8ea5-9f010c7754bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+