---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor organizations membership; provide for definitions; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to membership in labor organizations, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for statement of rights under federal law; to provide for certain contract and agreement employment rights; to provide for policy concerning passage of laws, ordinances, or contracts that waive or restrict federal labor laws; to provide for changes to agreements and contracts permitting labor organizations to deduct fees from employees' earnings; to amend Code Section 16-7-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal trespass, so as to provide for both criminal trespass and criminal conspiracy; to provide for punishment and fines; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 361"
citation: "Georgia HB 361 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Edward Lindsey", "Mark Hamilton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcba86dc-a406-4e16-b312-f576961f9858"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "82b8a27ea016dd8c0e6acdc482c96b627d88ed18e8e6566cf6d1919fe429de80"
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 361 (2013_14) — Labor organizations membership; provide for definitions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to membership in labor organizations, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for statement of rights under federal law; to provide for certain contract and agreement employment rights; to provide for policy concerning passage of laws, ordinances, or contracts that waive or restrict federal labor laws; to provide for changes to agreements and contracts permitting labor organizations to deduct fees from employees' earnings; to amend Code Section 16-7-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal trespass, so as to provide for both criminal trespass and criminal conspiracy; to provide for punishment and fines; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; 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 361/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137164.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2311ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131971.pdf)
3. **LC 37 1534ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131057.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1579ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133249.pdf)
5. **LC 37 1579ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132738.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 1623ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134789.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 37 0213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135743.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 37 0217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135747.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **110–57** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-14** House Hopper
- **2013-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-03-28** Senate Receded from Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 192 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcba86dc-a406-4e16-b312-f576961f9858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).