---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and industrial relations; right of action against a county or city employer for retaliation; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sex discrimination in employment, so as to provide for a right of action against a county or city employer for retaliation; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1390"
citation: "Georgia HB 1390 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jan Tankersley", "Stacey Evans", "Teri Anulewicz", "Todd Jones", "Tyler Paul Smith", "William Boddie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bcfa80f-4b7a-49a9-9f47-c22cb43e5fdb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "25ca0a97e31653e8e72aa0cd5a405c34ec27fff02c946b12aea4a6e2f8dab7ac"
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 1390 (2021_22) — Labor and industrial relations; right of action against a county or city employer for retaliation; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sex discrimination in employment, so as to provide for a right of action against a county or city employer for retaliation; to provide for definitions; 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 1390/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212183.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2079ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209505.pdf)
3. **LC 44 2079ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209016.pdf)
4. **LC 48 0545/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207100.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **172–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
- William Boddie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** House Hopper
- **2022-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 779 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bcfa80f-4b7a-49a9-9f47-c22cb43e5fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).