republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1096.md

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Bill	Public Health, Department of; provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave; to authorize rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1096	Georgia HB 1096 (2025_26)	bill	HEALTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS	enacted	Angie O'Steen Darlene Taylor Dexter Sharper Matt Hatchett Sharon Cooper	4	14	2	2026-01-29	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a31fa8e6-35ab-4b06-851c-2fe1f9182a86	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	475b3b85230583e5cf94d43242feaaf5194b7ecc70183438e459511cf504c24d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1096 (2025_26) — Public Health, Department of; provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave; to authorize rules and regulations; 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 1096/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 60 0231/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 60 0282S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 60 0282S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #525 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #795 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Angie O'Steen — primary (person)
• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 481 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a31fa8e6-35ab-4b06-851c-2fe1f9182a86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).