---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum wage; require additional pay to employees based on schedule changes; preempt local government mandates"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum wage law, so as to preempt local government mandates requiring additional pay to employees based on schedule changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "Georgia HB 243 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Williamson", "Jason Shaw", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6227f627-ca2a-44ac-abea-550169320e5e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4477fadca6c35da1aac35ea4c5616be704fc0b9b3fd364bf364f8ee7f290f33e"
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 243 (2017_18) — Minimum wage; require additional pay to employees based on schedule changes; preempt local government mandates

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum wage law, so as to preempt local government mandates requiring additional pay to employees based on schedule changes; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **115–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** House Hopper
- **2017-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Tabled
- **2017-03-30** Senate Taken from Table
- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 221 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6227f627-ca2a-44ac-abea-550169320e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).