republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-818.md

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Bill	Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 818	Georgia HB 818 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Bob Bryant Chad Nimmer Jason Shaw Richard Smith Terry England	4	17	1	2016-01-22	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/96d964d2-894c-4a2a-a964-d5281546114e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	84143d7ce83e880f6fb44e7ee53e9272401caf2dba32e4d2d9868b282727be2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 818 (2015_16) — Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; 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 818/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 2862/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen floor Amend 2 AM 28 1517 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0566 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 160–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Bob Bryant — primary (person)
• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Jason Shaw — primary (person)
• Richard Smith — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-22 House Hopper
• 2016-01-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 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 passage
• 2016-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 402 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96d964d2-894c-4a2a-a964-d5281546114e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).