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type: "Bill"
title: "Labor; create State Workforce Development Board; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal Chapter 14 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Workforce Investment Board; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the State Workforce Development Board; to provide for a Workforce Division within the Department of Economic Development; to provide for a deputy commissioner; to provide for policy development and implementation; to revise provisions for the administration and dispersal of funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 348"
citation: "Georgia HB 348 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Christian Coomer", "Robert Dickey", "Terry Rogers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3443f7d-f4af-476c-a7c8-effdbcd915bc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1866f91e4d92b93008e3157964ac79b1108889ee544f34008819efc3e86fb4ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 348 (2015_16) — Labor; create State Workforce Development Board; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal Chapter 14 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Workforce Investment Board; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to create the State Workforce Development Board; to provide for a Workforce Division within the Department of Economic Development; to provide for a deputy commissioner; to provide for policy development and implementation; to revise provisions for the administration and dispersal of funds; 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 348/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152307.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4493ER-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147893.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1607** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-12** House Hopper
- **2015-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 186 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3443f7d-f4af-476c-a7c8-effdbcd915bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).