---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and industrial relations; employment security; change certain contribution rates and credits"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to change certain contribution rates and credits; to change certain provisions relating to rate of employer contributions; to extend certain provisions relating to variations in the standard rate; to extend provisions relating to administrative assessments; to reduce the percentage of the administrative assessment to be assessed for a certain period; to provide exceptions; to change certain provisions relating to additional assessments for a new or newly covered employer; to extend the provision relating to automatic repeal; 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 904"
citation: "Georgia HB 904 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bob Bryant", "Brian Strickland", "Jason Shaw", "Tom Kirby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-03"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef4093ef-db73-454d-9885-83ac394b289c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9f6a1df31037baa9664df4a8ab1fe0b6d6ab81995d966d44aba3d460d7114564"
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 904 (2015_16) — Labor and industrial relations; employment security; change certain contribution rates and credits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to change certain contribution rates and credits; to change certain provisions relating to rate of employer contributions; to extend certain provisions relating to variations in the standard rate; to extend provisions relating to administrative assessments; to reduce the percentage of the administrative assessment to be assessed for a certain period; to provide exceptions; to change certain provisions relating to additional assessments for a new or newly covered employer; to extend the provision relating to automatic repeal; 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 904/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162406.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2914/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156415.pdf)
3. **LC 36 3095S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161991.pdf)
4. **LC 36 3096S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162049.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **172–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-03** House Hopper
- **2016-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-24** Senate Insisted
- **2016-03-24** House Insisted
- **2016-03-24** House Conference Committee Appointed 111th, 121st, 16th
- **2016-03-24** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 9th, 13th, 29th
- **2016-03-24** Senate Conference Committee Appointed #2 29th, 13th, 9th
- **2016-03-24** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2016-03-25** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-27** Act 474 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef4093ef-db73-454d-9885-83ac394b289c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).