republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-160.md

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Bill	Public Employers; provide annual report relative to compliance with certain laws; provide for certain report to Dept. of Audits and Accounts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 13-10-91 of the O.C.G.A., relating to verification of new employee eligibility, applicability, and rules and regulations, so as to provide for an annual report by public employers relative to compliance with certain laws; to amend Code Section 36-60-6 of the O.C.G.A., relating to utilization of federal work authorization program, "employee" defined, issuance of license, evidence of state licensure, annual reporting, standardized form affidavit, violation, and investigations, so as to exempt from such Code section persons who have fully complied in the past; to amend Chapter 36 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to verification of lawful presence within the United States, so as to change a certain definition; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 160	Georgia SB 160 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Burt Jones Butch Miller Frank Ginn Jeff Mullis John Wilkinson Ross Tolleson	10	21	1	2013-02-12	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d8ece897-148a-41d5-90e5-eb7621130c0d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1c2fb39f79d09bbf9d54b09e74e3808ea76490a8960433f9add07e87b3924404	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 160 (2013_14) — Public Employers; provide annual report relative to compliance with certain laws; provide for certain report to Dept. of Audits and Accounts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 13-10-91 of the O.C.G.A., relating to verification of new employee eligibility, applicability, and rules and regulations, so as to provide for an annual report by public employers relative to compliance with certain laws; to amend Code Section 36-60-6 of the O.C.G.A., relating to utilization of federal work authorization program, "employee" defined, issuance of license, evidence of state licensure, annual reporting, standardized form affidavit, violation, and investigations, so as to exempt from such Code section persons who have fully complied in the past; to amend Chapter 36 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to verification of lawful presence within the United States, so as to change a certain definition; 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. As introduced LC 21 2103 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. CCR to SB 160 (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee sub LC 28 6660S (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor amend 3 AM 28 1233 (committee substitute) — source
8. Floor amend 3a (committee substitute) — source
9. LC 29 5682S/hss (committee substitute) — source
10. SB 160/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-12 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-26 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
• 2013-03-26 House Insisted
• 2013-03-28 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 9th, 23rd, 47th
• 2013-03-28 House Conference Committee Appointed 68th, 72nd, 108th
• 2013-03-28 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2013-03-28 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2013-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 27 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8ece897-148a-41d5-90e5-eb7621130c0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).