republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-216.md

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Bill	Occupational diseases; define certain terms; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 8 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to compensation for occupational diseases, so as to define certain terms; to provide for a rebuttable presumption that certain medical conditions suffered by firefighters are occupational diseases; to provide for applicability; to provide for benefits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 216	Georgia HB 216 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Bill Hitchens Dustin Hightower Keisha Waites Micah Gravley Sam Watson	12	19	1	2015-02-03	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/5e6f90ed-542a-469a-9d17-54362d3bf861	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8b3367c9d30c1b4cf02493f43d00f8870c2f8ea05347e4a3130bd573330822c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 216 (2015_16) — Occupational diseases; define certain terms; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 8 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to compensation for occupational diseases, so as to define certain terms; to provide for a rebuttable presumption that certain medical conditions suffered by firefighters are occupational diseases; to provide for applicability; to provide for benefits; 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 216/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 3608/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 2784S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 2993S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 36 2993S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB216 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2222S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend 2a (committee substitute) — source
11. Sen floor amend 3 (committee substitute) — source
12. Sen floor amend 4 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 148–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
• Keisha Waites — primary (person)
• Micah Gravley — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-03 House Hopper
• 2015-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2016-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 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 By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Veto V3 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e6f90ed-542a-469a-9d17-54362d3bf861. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).