republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-117.md

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Bill	Employment security; modify definition of the term most recent employer; change certain provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment security, so as to change certain provisions relating to employment security; to modify the definition of the term "most recent employer"; to amend Code Section 50-36-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to requirements, procedures, and conditions for verification of lawful presence within the United States, exceptions, regulations, and criminal and other penalties for violations, so as to provide a method for such verification of lawful presence that may be utilized in conjunction with the electronic filing of an application for unemployment insurance with the Department of Labor; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 117	Georgia HB 117 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Brian Strickland Bruce Broadrick Jimmy Pruett Mark Hamilton Tom Kirby	4	17	1	2015-01-27	2015-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/dd69f417-c64b-4700-b9c9-a41b0567ee08	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9a6c00dbffaf7211b1c43f09bcbcf05a8e6c3784e40eacb3194c94c7e4d86337	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 117 (2015_16) — Employment security; modify definition of the term most recent employer; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment security, so as to change certain provisions relating to employment security; to modify the definition of the term "most recent employer"; to amend Code Section 50-36-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to requirements, procedures, and conditions for verification of lawful presence within the United States, exceptions, regulations, and criminal and other penalties for violations, so as to provide a method for such verification of lawful presence that may be utilized in conjunction with the electronic filing of an application for unemployment insurance with the Department of Labor; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 117/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 2662ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 37 1996ERS (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen fl amend 1 AM 36 0523 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 159–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
• Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
• Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
• Tom Kirby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-27 House Hopper
• 2015-01-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-01-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-09 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-19 House Postponed
• 2015-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 113 executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd69f417-c64b-4700-b9c9-a41b0567ee08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).