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type: "Bill"
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title: "Labor and Industrial Relations; employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members; allow"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to allow employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions to take leave; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 201"
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citation: "Georgia SB 201 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "David Shafer", "Dean Burke", "Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Kirk", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "Judson Hill", "Lee Anderson", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "P. K. Martin IV", "Renee Unterman", "Rick Jeffares", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-16"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/087864a3-9781-4d86-828d-85f01c7e7d8c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fedf80bc4576f38ec7f77d3f49411e4a455f277999839a1b8a5a129fff7c3807"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 201 (2017_18) — Labor and Industrial Relations; employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members; allow
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to allow employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions to take leave; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **41–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-16** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-16** House Postponed
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- **2017-03-20** House Postponed
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- **2017-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 203 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/087864a3-9781-4d86-828d-85f01c7e7d8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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