---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; 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 818"
citation: "Georgia HB 818 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bob Bryant", "Chad Nimmer", "Jason Shaw", "Richard Smith", "Terry England"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-22"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96d964d2-894c-4a2a-a964-d5281546114e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "84143d7ce83e880f6fb44e7ee53e9272401caf2dba32e4d2d9868b282727be2f"
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 818 (2015_16) — Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; 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 818/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162451.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2862/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155289.pdf)
3. **Sen floor Amend 2 AM 28 1517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161886.pdf)
4. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161860.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-22** House Hopper
- **2016-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-10** 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 `passage`
- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 402 `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/96d964d2-894c-4a2a-a964-d5281546114e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).