republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-987.md

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Bill	Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to provide for portable benefit plans and portable benefit accounts for independent contractors; to provide for definitions; to provide for voluntary contributions; to provide for independent contractors to opt in to withholdings; to provide for independent contractors to opt out at any time; to exclude voluntary contributions from establishing the classification of employer or employment; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 987	Georgia HB 987 (2025_26)	bill	LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS	enacted	Brad Thomas Carter Barrett Mike Cameron Todd Jones Victor Anderson	2	14	2	2026-01-15	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8b8bd682-285f-4bd8-a77d-482a9b632861	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3ec74305cf7f3260eea0068953b57b0bbc3fec4d5caac1bfff1bb204de758cd4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 987 (2025_26) — Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to provide for portable benefit plans and portable benefit accounts for independent contractors; to provide for definitions; to provide for voluntary contributions; to provide for independent contractors to opt in to withholdings; to provide for independent contractors to opt out at any time; to exclude voluntary contributions from establishing the classification of employer or employment; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 987/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 52 0908/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #521 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 109–53 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #773 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brad Thomas — primary (person)
• Carter Barrett — primary (person)
• Mike Cameron — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)
• Victor Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-01-29 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-20 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 466 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b8bd682-285f-4bd8-a77d-482a9b632861. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).