---
type: "Bill"
title: "Self-insurers Guaranty Trust Fund; revise certain funded levels"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Self-insurers Guaranty Trust Fund regarding workers' compensation, so as to revise certain funded levels of such fund; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "Georgia HB 1015 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f3bb798-946d-4b0c-a5d9-0b0f881315c8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "75c1a2e93132ef2f2fcd1ba0dd695338d6ca16ff7a5960ae9e0ecad3204a5078"
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 1015 (2025_26) — Self-insurers Guaranty Trust Fund; revise certain funded levels

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Self-insurers Guaranty Trust Fund regarding workers' compensation, so as to revise certain funded levels of such fund; 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 1015/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248541.pdf)
2. **LC 52 0978/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240152.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #495 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #897 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Act 386 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f3bb798-946d-4b0c-a5d9-0b0f881315c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).