---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; 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 relating to workers' compensation; 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 412"
citation: "Georgia HB 412 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bob Bryant", "Chad Nimmer", "Dave Belton", "Earl Ehrhart", "Mark Hamilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-19"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b3a9ae6-9621-4f72-bcf4-594d95a1aa65"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ae03bde3fc406fffb76f1b422ce367e4fefd230113af32f91dd8753699d8876a"
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 412 (2015_16) — Workers' compensation; 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 relating to workers' compensation; 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 412/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153475.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2684/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148541.pdf)
3. **LC 36 2726S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149997.pdf)
4. **LC 36 2726S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149470.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-19** House Hopper
- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 185 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b3a9ae6-9621-4f72-bcf4-594d95a1aa65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).