---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public officers and employees; 120 hours of maternal birth leave; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to personnel administration, so as to provide 80 hours of maternal birth leave; to provide for definitions; to provide rules; to provide for penalties; to provide notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1118"
citation: "Georgia HB 1118 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "HEALTH", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene", "Jan Jones", "Matt Reeves", "Mike Cheokas", "Sandy Donatucci", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fd427e5-c02d-40ba-8f78-a84d0ce31b88"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1e1d97c79a08df6d3b288f5cf873f23a20dc0a0bf9a389934029bd841a4bafd3"
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 1118 (2025_26) — Public officers and employees; 120 hours of maternal birth leave; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to personnel administration, so as to provide 80 hours of maternal birth leave; to provide for definitions; to provide rules; to provide for penalties; to provide notice; 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 1118/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248114.pdf)
2. **LC 46 1432S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244962.pdf)
3. **LC 46 1432S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242322.pdf)
4. **LC 46 9004/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241106.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #833 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #604 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
- Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Act 413 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fd427e5-c02d-40ba-8f78-a84d0ce31b88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).