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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978; provide hearing before an administrative law judge; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., the \"Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978,\" so as to provide for hearing before an administrative law judge; to change provisions relating to the appointment of hearing officers; to provide for a definition; to provide the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity with the power to order discovery; to change certain provisions relating to the filing, amending, and investigation of a complaint regarding an unlawful practice; to change provisions relating to an appeal seeking a review of a final order by a hearing officer and a review of a dismissal of a complaint by the administrator; to provide penalty for willful failure; to provide testimony or discovery; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 563"
+citation: "Georgia HB 563 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matt Reeves", "Reynaldo Martinez", "Rob Leverett", "Scott Holcomb", "Stacey Evans", "Stan Gunter"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-22"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6378570-b0d5-4890-b341-79e0590e1d13"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "40797778499f44d7fbacd61f3bb0c3de47dfd4e5ea30c4409d99fcdf5793b75b"
+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 563 (2023_24) — Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978; provide hearing before an administrative law judge; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., the "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978," so as to provide for hearing before an administrative law judge; to change provisions relating to the appointment of hearing officers; to provide for a definition; to provide the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity with the power to order discovery; to change certain provisions relating to the filing, amending, and investigation of a complaint regarding an unlawful practice; to change provisions relating to an appeal seeking a review of a final order by a hearing officer and a review of a dismissal of a complaint by the administrator; to provide penalty for willful failure; to provide testimony or discovery; 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 563/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228435.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2294/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215643.pdf)
+3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 49 1882S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226379.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #207 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **175–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #643 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #741 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
+- Reynaldo Martinez — primary (person)
+- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
+- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
+- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
+- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-13** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Act 395 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6378570-b0d5-4890-b341-79e0590e1d13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+