---
type: "Bill"
title: "Worker's compensation; awards and benefits; 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 awards and benefits of workers' compensation; to provide for a limitation period on medical benefits; to provide for changes related to reimbursement of mileage charges; to provide for changes related to interest on lump sum payments of compensation; to provide for changes related to benefits for attempting work; to increase the compensation benefits for total disability and temporary partial disability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Georgia HB 154 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Chad Nimmer", "Edward Lindsey", "Jimmy Pruett", "Mark Hamilton", "Tom Kirby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccf359fb-492a-48a5-ae7b-6be3b556024b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1f70c8bf9fcd0854ca2069106f0462da55a5d964ca3bea6fc3074a99e737dd35"
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 154 (2013_14) — Worker's compensation; awards and benefits; 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 awards and benefits of workers' compensation; to provide for a limitation period on medical benefits; to provide for changes related to reimbursement of mileage charges; to provide for changes related to interest on lump sum payments of compensation; to provide for changes related to benefits for attempting work; to increase the compensation benefits for total disability and temporary partial disability; 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 154/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134310.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2245/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129226.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-30** House Hopper
- **2013-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 203 `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/ccf359fb-492a-48a5-ae7b-6be3b556024b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).