republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-55.md

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Bill	"Dignity and Pay Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to phase out the payment of subminimum wage to persons with disabilities; to repeal provisions concerning exemptions to the state minimum wage law for persons with disabilities; to provide that no employer shall utilize a certificate issued by the United States Department of Labor pursuant to 29 U.S.C. Section 214(c) to pay individuals with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage; to provide exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 55	Georgia SB 55 (2025_26)	bill	LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS	enacted	Billy Hickman Clint Dixon Drew Echols Elena Parent Jason Esteves Shawn Still Sonya Halpern	3	15	2	2025-01-28	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/381694d5-f1dd-4f90-a3cd-5ae71a388ed5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f105d183a3e1952c9de0545ca396a83fb54c5847eaaf58f5ebde95417b31d89f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 55 (2025_26) — "Dignity and Pay Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to phase out the payment of subminimum wage to persons with disabilities; to repeal provisions concerning exemptions to the state minimum wage law for persons with disabilities; to provide that no employer shall utilize a certificate issued by the United States Department of Labor pursuant to 29 U.S.C. Section 214(c) to pay individuals with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage; to provide exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide an effective date; 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 55 0416 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 55/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #280 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #123 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-28 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Act 46 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/381694d5-f1dd-4f90-a3cd-5ae71a388ed5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).